Chef wants to outlaw out-of-season vegetables
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What and idiot. Unless he's got a better reason besides him not liking it, he should kiss everyone's arse.
I can't, I have been suspended by the vegetable rights coalition pending an investigation into an alleged meat eating incident involving biker chicks.
I see nothing wrong with wanting fruits and vegetables "in season". For one thing, local strawberries are far superior to imported berries that have been shipped early so they will survive the trip. In B.C. we often get California or Florida strawberries that look wonderful but compared to locally ripened berries, they taste like a potato. I'm not saying that California or Florida can't grow srawberries because they grow some of the best in the world. I just wish they wouldn't dump them on our market
I agree #jaun, I find those berries are also a bit sour. I like my fruit sweet. That Ramsey dude is a media hungry asshat, although his intent is well founded.
There are an awful lot of I's in there. Not a big surprise for anyone who has flashed past his show when changing channels.
It is not up to him whether or not strawberries should be available for me to order in mid March. It is up to him to ensure that what I order is clean and contaminant free. So far the industry isn't doing so well with that.
He should stick to what he knows best and fix that first.
If local farmers are suffering, then ensure the menu is an 80/20 split or some such divide. But dictating what another may put on a menu is well out of his bounds (I hope).
While I have no problem with people pushing an agenda, I do have a problem with people forcing or legislating a behaviour.
To fine a restuarant because of their menu choice, possibly crippling their ability to compete in a free market is akin to communism/facism.
If we allow this to happen, then we deserve everything that will follow with regard to the erosion of our freedom. It may seem minor but it is insidious none the less.
It is insidious. I agree completely. Protectionism usually is. Canada's looking at doing it right now, only they'd call it a 'tariff' rather than a fine. 'Environmental tariffs' on Chinese goods are nothing short of protectionism, trying to make sure that Canadian businesses meeting environmental standards can compete against companies that don't bother.
I don't have as much problem with a tariff as this egocentric fool. If you want to protect local farmers..okay, ....hell we should. We need to get past the corporate greed and need to import and help ourselves first, particularly the little guy. And our own farmers compared to corporations are the little guy.
So then ensure that the imports are comparatively high in price and that the consumer pays through the nose.......no problem. But to put it out of reach of the consumer ..... well that's where things become very, very, controlled. And very, very scary. It's a form of paternalism, and any paternalism is dangerous.
As yet we don't grow oranges or bananas in Canada. Import all the oranges and bananas you want from anywhere you want as long as the things are clean and not toxic sprayed. God! Do we have to protect our own farmers with fines? We should be buying Canadian whenever we can without any bloody fines.
It is irritating when picking out fruit and sometimes the imports are lower in price......
Also........ case in point.... a local grocery store in my area was out of pumpkins last October. A local farmer had tons of them. He approached Zehrs...... they had a contract to buy with another.......thus he couldn't sell to Zehrs and their customers had no pumpkins.
Corporate snafus at their best.
Exactly Juan - we should be buying local as much as possible. I'll always choose the most locally produced over the imported stuff.
Talk of legislating our imports though isn't just ridiculous, it's worrisome. As already pointed out it sets an ugly precedent. It seems quite unnecessary to entertain such things - with the cost of shipping rising ever higher, now is a good time for local producers bump up their own production. They can't lose when factoring in the cost of transport on imports. If we have an abundant and fresh selection of competitively priced produce, there'll be an automatic shift in buying habits without ever having to legislate a thing.
Talk of legislating our imports though isn't just ridiculous, it's worrisome. As already pointed out it sets an ugly precedent. It seems quite unnecessary to entertain such things - with the cost of shipping rising ever higher, now is a good time for local producers bump up their own production. They can't lose when factoring in the cost of transport on imports. If we have an abundant and fresh selection of competitively priced produce, there'll be an automatic shift in buying habits without ever having to legislate a thing.