Comments on: Local Produce http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/local-produce Cooking - Photography & More Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:25:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/local-produce#comment-681 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:31:42 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/local-produce#comment-681 Elsie & Rod, You are both quite right, there are now stringent laws regarding clear labelling of additives, fat percentages etc so you should expect some consistency. I do not advocate Farmers go to that extreme but there has to be consumer confidence in the product if they are ever to survive. Rod, you're right, it's either good enough or it isn't. Miles Elsie & Rod,
You are both quite right, there are now stringent laws regarding clear labelling of additives, fat percentages etc so you should expect some consistency. I do not advocate Farmers go to that extreme but there has to be consumer confidence in the product if they are ever to survive.
Rod, you’re right, it’s either good enough or it isn’t.
Miles

]]> by: Rod http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/local-produce#comment-680 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:17:24 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/local-produce#comment-680 Miles I too keep hearing use local ingredients etc by the likes of Ramsay et al but surely the real message should be ... <b>Use the best ingredients you can !</b> Just because they're local doesn't mean they're good ! Some areas are specifically renowned for certain produce which are clearly better than grown elsewhere ! Best Rod Miles
I too keep hearing use local ingredients etc by the likes of Ramsay et al but surely the real message should be …

Use the best ingredients you can !

Just because they’re local doesn’t mean they’re good !

Some areas are specifically renowned for certain produce which are clearly better than grown elsewhere !
Best
Rod

]]> by: Elsie Nean http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/local-produce#comment-679 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:14:28 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/local-produce#comment-679 Miles, Bravo for writing the above. It is worth getting to know your local producers and build up a relationship with them. The market stalls that I support tell me straight out which are their own produce etc. Yes, you are right, when their produce was not acceptable, I did not buy it. I also got once some produce from a farmers' market and happen to come across a foreign produce lable. I expect to be buying only fresh produce from a farmers' market that they have produced it. If this is not the case, they must clearly say so. I can then make an informed decision. Miles,
Bravo for writing the above. It is worth getting to know your local producers and build up a relationship with them. The market stalls that I support tell me straight out which are their own produce etc. Yes, you are right, when their produce was not acceptable, I did not buy it.
I also got once some produce from a farmers’ market and happen to come across a foreign produce lable. I expect to be buying only fresh produce from a farmers’ market that they have produced it. If this is not the case, they must clearly say so. I can then make an informed decision.

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