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New rules for organic air-freight

Thursday, 25 October 2007

The Soil Association will continue to put its stamp of approval on air-freighted produce only if it can be shown that it was produced to fair trade standards as well as high environmental standards. The association rejected calls from the public, environmentalists and some of its own producers for a ban on all air-freighted organic food, deciding this would penalise many poor countries which benefit in terms of jobs and wages from growing organic food for British consumers. Read more in The Guardian Related Food Radio podcast - Katie Derham interviews Peter Melchett, the Soil Association's policy director. No one has commented on this article. Please login or register to post comments.