tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15768887.post117121537522151542..comments2024-03-09T18:57:10.942+13:00Comments on Liberty Scott: absence and food miles ticks onLibertyscotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12741049550997300680noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15768887.post-32085695178237675812007-02-13T12:58:00.000+13:002007-02-13T12:58:00.000+13:00In total terms the EU spends more than Japan, but ...In total terms the EU spends more than Japan, but per farmer you are right.<BR/><BR/>No two wrongs don't make a right, but then the EU can hardly complain about NZ blocking GM food, when it does the same. If NZ removed restrictions on GM food, it wouldn't mean the EU would go "oh foodmiles are rubbish then" would it? <BR/><BR/>You're not wrong, but it isn't the point. I don't see NZ farmers Libertyscotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12741049550997300680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15768887.post-31625579967471129652007-02-12T23:56:00.000+13:002007-02-12T23:56:00.000+13:00Yes the Japanese are, but neither the EU nor NZ pr...Yes the Japanese are, but neither the EU nor NZ produce rice in notable quantities.<BR/><BR/>The GM food thing is a fair point, but also wrong - and the EU shuts out GM even more rabidly than NZ. So EU farmers have hardly a claim against NZ.Libertyscotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12741049550997300680noreply@blogger.com