Environmental move to cut food flights

The organisation, which certifies organic foods in the UK, is now looking at a number of proposals due to concern regarding greenhouse gas emissions. According to BBC News, the association will outline a series of options, including an outright ban, in a consultation document this week. Other proposals included labels that would show the country of origin of the product and carbon offsetting schemes. Flying food produce into Britain from abroad is the fastest growing form of food transport.The Soil Association said highly perishable or out-of-season produce make up the bulk of air-freighted organic produce. But due to growing demands to cut the environmental impact of food distribution, the organisation is now considering five options to reduce the carbon footprint of air-freighted food. These include a campaign to partially or fully deny food imported into the UK by air the right to label itself organic and comprehensive labelling showing a product's country of origin as well as the air miles it has travelled, the news site wrote.However, the Soil Association said that air transport can help developing countries with poor infrastructure to get their goods to markets.And any decision would have to take into account the impact on farmers in the developing world, it added.