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Looking forward to a radical
turnaround in food shopping over the next ten years? Then vote here
for meat free, animal / environment friendly organic hypermarkets.
We at VeggieGlobal campaigned 10
years ago (via other UK publications) to raise mainstream awareness
about organic foods. Giving sound reasons to buy organic as a
preference and whenever possible. Fortunately the public began
to pick up on the message, and trendy as it may be, organic produce
has now become widely available.
Now
it's time to take the next step ... and we would like your feedback
VeggieGlobal opens a forum to discuss
the possibilities of Meat Free / Organic / Enviornmentally friendly
supermarkets offering the same service and shopping experience
as big name supermarkets. On the bottom of this page you can vote
for the proposal.
Since the recent surge in organic
interests, all kinds of myths and hype have emerged with the trend.
Many people are actually pretty clueless when it comes to determining
the diference between organic, vegetarian and most of all products
that have actually always been organic. Many manufacturers are
jumping on the organic bandwagon by promoting their products as
"organic" - and upping the prices - even though they
may have always been manufactured using the same "organic"
ingredients! Recent news reports have also revealed that many
products claiming to be organic aren't.
Organic wines are not necessarily suitable for vegetarians - and
lots of veggies get caught out by this. In this case "organic"
only means that the grapes used to make the wine are grown without
the use of chemical pesticides or chemical fertilisers. However,
the clarifying and fining agents used in the wine making process
can contain various animal derivatives including blood, gelatin,
and isinglass - which comes from the bladder of the sturgeon fish.
Cheese that's made with organic milk may well contain animal based
rennet.
More info on this can be found at our Ethical Labeling Campaign
section ... but vote here first if you wish and you will be linked
through to our main campaigns satellite afterwards.
But the positive effect of the organic
movement, however misunderstood by the public, has paved the way
for a great opportunity to create the ultimate environmentally
friendly shopping experience for the masses (and a golden opportunity
for green thinking retailers).
By taking away meat and non organic products (including environmentally
unfriendly products and packaging) from the shelves of an average
UK supermarket we are still left an abundance of choice. And there
are thousands of new organic and vegetarian companies producing
quality foods waiting to take over that spare shelf space. With
major fair trade, organic shopping outlets created, prices would
drop further and would be comparable with non-organic foods. A
large hypermarket like we suggest would stock a high percentage
of produce grown locally by organically certified gardeners, farmsteads
and smallholders as well as organic / veggie "Fair Trade"
products from other countries. In this this way, country and rural
gardens reap the natural benefits of a pesticide free environment,
and consumers can enjoy healthy, wholesome products. All packaging
of all products would have to be environmentally friendly and
recyclable.
This type of supermarket would
of course only stock products that had not been tested on animals.
We believe the time is absolutely
right to consider this alternative of a vastly improved shopping
experience, and hope to see at least one major supermarket in
every four as "meat free, animal / environment friendly and
organic" in the next 10 years. Those who would shop at such
a supermarket would be doing so with a clear conscience... and
the instant bonus of a far healthier and flavour enriched lifestyle.
So vote now!
The Voting Form
This is not a commercial survey.
VeggieGlobal wants to accumulate a response to the idea as a matter
of public interest. We will publish the results at a later date.
Please note we will not publish your name and e-mail address ...
this is for our reference only.
To vote, you need to subscribe to
the free level of Looking-Glass and VeggieGlobal - and this means
you'll receive a non-intrusive, useful newsletter ... around one,
on average every few months. The newsletter provides you with
useful information and updates about the campaigns and services
you can find around this unique nonprofit web retreat for global
compassionates.
If you have already subscribed you
only need to fill in the first part of this form ... then click
submit at the bottom.
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