Buyer Beware: ‘Local’ Food In Britain Comes From As Far Away As New Zealand, Study Shows

Borough Market in Southwark, London. Photo: Herry Lawford / Creative Commons . Shoppers in England and Wales who have been carefully seeking out locally produced foods while making their market rounds came in for a shock this week when a government body announced that foods labeled “local” actually came from other European countries, and even from as far away as New Zealand…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Buyer Beware: ‘Local’ Food In Britain Comes From As Far Away As New Zealand, Study Shows

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