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Trading organic produce from oppressive regimesWe wholeheartedly support the principle of exercising consumer power against multinationals, and have long-standing boycotts in place of Nestle (including their organic coffee), Shell, & Esso, but our policy on boycotting organic produce from particular countries is not quite so straightforward. In the 1990s when the French were carrying out nuclear tests in the Pacific, some customers asked if we would boycott French produce. We had recently started buying produce from a small co-operative of French farmers, who told us that little would be gained by boycotting their produce as they were among the most active anti-nuclear campaigners in France. Consequently we continued to trade with them and support their efforts to persuade their government to stop the tests. More recently, some customers have asked us to boycott Israeli and now American produce. Avocados are the only item we have stocked recently of Israeli origin, but regardless of the Palestinian situation, we source avocados as close to home as possible to reduce food miles. Regarding US produce, some of the pears are coming from the States at the moment, and from time to time we do get US apples. We are less clear as to the role of the Israeli & US organic growers in lobbying their governments because the distribution systems are more complex and we have no direct contact with them. However our feeling remains that boycotting a particular source of organic produce is likely to hit the peace campaigners first, and so be counter-productive. Our conclusion is therefore that we will continue to buy organic produce from countries with oppressive regimes or war-mongering governments (including our own!) unless there is evidence that the growers support that regime. However we do try to be responsive to events as they develop, and review our policies to keep them effective and relevant, and to that end we are always keen to hear your views Links:
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