Friday 23 November 2012

Ethical flowers for the big day


Since consumers do not eat them, and the authorities do not want to check the presence of pesticides, which ignores the impact on the workers and peasants and ecosystems: in Colombia using 12 various pesticides, while the producers may Ethiopian is led to the use of toxic pesticides banned in industrialized countries.

If you need to buy imported flowers, and the right search. Analysis Oserian farm in Kenya that bears the imprint less than other countries, and the benefits to the local community. UK spends £ 2200000000 flowers every year, but grew only 10%, compared with 20 years ago when he was half of the flowers sold here from the United Kingdom. Flowersfromthefarm.co.uk is cooperative of small farmers and directory is a good place to start. However, the reference to importers, and to maintain current levels of consumption and types of growth in the UK require huge greenhouses and heating consumption stratosphere.

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