Carbon footprint backlash

It's a strange term and a weird expression - a carbon footprint backlash - but of course we know exactly what it means. People that ship fresh produce from afar to distant markets - such as Africa to the U.K. - are worried. Here is a report from the BBC about how Kenyan vegetable exporters are puzzled about why they are the bad guys in the environmental campaign against food miles.

Rutgers professor William Hallman said yesterday that E. coli tainted spinach and lettuce becomes the point of reference in every foodborne illness story, and I see that truth everyday in various stories. Here is a column from a West Virginia paper about peanut butter that makes the obligatory reference.
From the column:

Now, it seems folks are getting sick — including a few locally — after eating peanut butter possibly linked to a national salmonella scare. This comes on the heels of the spinach, green onion and lettuce scares last year.


Here is another story from The Salt Lake Tribune about E. coli and lettuce, quoting sources from Natural Selections and Fresh Express.


TK: It should be noted that peanut butter, chicken breasts and pasta sauces had foodborne illness outbreaks linked to those products this week. But, for now, at least, it all ties back to fresh produce.