tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post5377655956216645875..comments2023-10-23T09:42:31.292-07:00Comments on AnIrishalternative: Our Hungry Planet.Renovation in Galiciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12134753603087085719noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-40881428118328388402015-07-06T17:13:37.746-07:002015-07-06T17:13:37.746-07:00Hopefully we can make it to that bay when you come...Hopefully we can make it to that bay when you come, and maybe we will even go mussel collecting again!Anne Wilsonhttp://anirishalternative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-91143986380067958582015-07-06T01:53:32.289-07:002015-07-06T01:53:32.289-07:00What a great trip and how great to have found all ...What a great trip and how great to have found all those fossils! Food waste is awful. I agree that the consumers need to bring about change and start thinking about what it is they are actually buying. The fact about M&S and their sandwiches is nuts, how bizarre! xlozabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05223263361085075839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-52712579027514432232015-07-02T11:03:24.120-07:002015-07-02T11:03:24.120-07:00It's a very interesting and well written book,...It's a very interesting and well written book, well worth a read. You can also see him giving a talk on the 'Ted Lectures', free via the internet.Anne Wilsonhttp://anirishalternative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-55539339119262639782015-07-02T09:21:32.681-07:002015-07-02T09:21:32.681-07:00I will be checking out the book, looks interesting...I will be checking out the book, looks interesting. Sounds like an interesting course.Chickpeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17010543012720394937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-1166185583667060592015-07-01T04:52:32.242-07:002015-07-01T04:52:32.242-07:00Look up 'Future Learn' Jo, they do all sor...Look up 'Future Learn' Jo, they do all sorts of interesting courses the next one I'm doing is about soil.<br />There is little interest in growing your own here unless you happen to live in a city such as Dublin! Most people who grow their own here are either Brits or Germans.<br />Here there is little sign of people being aware or even caring where their food comes from and the waste level is very high, shopping trollies are full of imported junk food.<br />When we were farming we dealt directly with Supermarkets, the managers had a certain amount of autonomy, now it is all central distribution.<br />I would love to see one of the major chains just try a 'Buy Local, buy Seasonal' in a small area of a store, I know it would be a niche market but it might actually bring in more people to the stores, we have to drive a 60k round trip to buy Organic butter so we buy a tree months supply but we normally end up buying something else in the store while we are there something that we would not have normally bought .I think the same would happen if only they would try the 'Local and Seasonal' idea. Anne Wilsonhttp://anirishalternative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-14963521393615859542015-07-01T04:35:47.607-07:002015-07-01T04:35:47.607-07:00We do have a store cupboard which is pretty full b...We do have a store cupboard which is pretty full but it is mainly jams and bottled fruit which we have grown ourselves, we also bulk buy from a wholefood co-op for our dried goods, that order goes in twice yearly, we really only have to buy dairy products so not too much chance of wasting anything.Anne Wilsonhttp://anirishalternative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-30995466520539284452015-07-01T02:39:33.534-07:002015-07-01T02:39:33.534-07:00I think the general public are becoming more aware...I think the general public are becoming more aware of food waste and eating locally sourced food, there was a big move towards growing your own a while ago but it seems to have eased off again now, allotment waiting lists are nowhere near as long as they were a few years ago. I know we can't all be self sufficient but if everyone grew just a proportion of what they ate I'm sure it would help, we wouldn't need to be importing things which are easy to grow, we wouldn't even need to buy them. The course you took sounds really interesting.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-52272086118251668582015-06-30T08:41:56.767-07:002015-06-30T08:41:56.767-07:00We looked at our food waste as couple of years ago...We looked at our food waste as couple of years ago, and just being aware of waste and over purchasing, we hardly waste anything, one of our best things, was to ensure our store cupboard is not so full of things we don't use, and therefore don't waste when they go out of date. Poppypatchworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12749159567150084975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-36369876556740088332015-06-30T05:25:29.373-07:002015-06-30T05:25:29.373-07:00I'm not too sure if I agree with you Dave, in ...I'm not too sure if I agree with you Dave, in Spain a very high % of food stuffs were a produce of Spain, we found the same in Italy and also Portugal but that could be because we have always tried to by locally produced food. Until the consumers start demanding locally produced foods wherever it is practical nothing will change, the supermarkets don't give a damn where the stuff comes from as long as they can buy it cheap enough and make a big profit. Only the consumers can bring about changeAnne Wilsonhttp://anirishalternative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-57001503059025932402015-06-30T04:49:15.423-07:002015-06-30T04:49:15.423-07:00Apparently the EU imports 15% of it's sugar wh...Apparently the EU imports 15% of it's sugar which I guess is not too bad, it was the quotas and subsidies that ended the sugar industry here but hopefully by 2017 we might again have our own sugar.Anne Wilsonhttp://anirishalternative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-51382716034432540132015-06-30T00:58:56.395-07:002015-06-30T00:58:56.395-07:00I can remember when most farms set a field of vege...I can remember when most farms set a field of vegetables here in West Cork before the EEC. Now Ireland imports most of its vegetables and exports ninety percent of its meat. The EEC doesn't seem to encourage countries to be self supporting.northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-49287827728860307102015-06-30T00:04:37.935-07:002015-06-30T00:04:37.935-07:00I believe there is a move to start growing sugar b...I believe there is a move to start growing sugar beet in Ireland again, Anne. There is an organisation currently trying to round up a posse of interested farmers. They need, I think, 3000 acres worth for it to be financially viable and worth firing up a 'refinery'. Matt Carehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02221912203941489737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-43441431272736929742015-06-29T17:58:11.672-07:002015-06-29T17:58:11.672-07:00I agree Lynda, food waste is criminal, so is impor...I agree Lynda, food waste is criminal, so is importing food halfway across the world. Ireland used to have it's own sugar industry from sugar beet, that has now gone so sugar is all imported, we until a month ago were able to buy Tate and Lyle fair trade cane sugar, suddenly it disappeared from the stores so I contacted Tate and Lyle to find out why, apparently the sold out the sugar side of the company to the ASC,( American sugar corporation) so no more fair trade sugar and how can we even be sure that it's not GMO?<br />Beans, peas etc. from 5000 miles away, why. The world is just crazy. Anne Wilsonhttp://aniriahalternative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-6831740744963130282015-06-29T15:57:07.302-07:002015-06-29T15:57:07.302-07:00Oh my, what a lovely trip you had. Gosh how inte...Oh my, what a lovely trip you had. Gosh how interesting were those fossils. Keep exploring, its really interesting. <br /><br />Food Waste - ugh its criminal. Big dumpsters of food just going to waste. We do have some organisations that take food waste for making into soups and meals for needy but they would be lucky to be getting 1%. It was only a few years ago that all the old Italian farmers in northern Victoria, burnt their orchards because they cant compete with overseas produce. How stupid is that and so heart breaking. Now, we have to buy from overseas. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12605358521258969537noreply@blogger.com