Homes

Isn’t it true that foods with big carbon footprints should just be avoided. If we eat local and seasonal ,as much as possible, we can do this.

I know the supermarkets put forward the argument that it is actually more environmentally friendly (if you do precise life cycle analysis) to fly in tomatos from wherever rather than to grow them in greenhouses somewhere nearer, but it is missing the point isn’t it.

We need to aim low in terms of our carbon footprint rather than looking to take the slightly less damaging of two very environmentally damaging options.

We grow our own fruit and veg, meat sourced from local farms is delivered by local butcher and milk delivered in a bottle. But for canned goods, loo rolls, that sort of thing I buy from supermarket home delivery.

Which is best, Ocado who operate from a big warehouse in London where the picking is done and distribute from regional depots, or someone like Sainsbury’s who deliver from a local store? Presumably all the goods are trucked in from their source to central distribution warehouses then on to the local store but at least it provides jobs for local people.

But which is best environmentally?