British Food Packed not Grown
Packaging's the thing right now, it's wrapped and wrapped again,
Keep the food clean and fresh, or that is what they claim.
We've nearly all been into the supermarket, and tried to study where it had been produced; more often than not it's shipped in, then cut and packed here, then sold as British. How misleading can that be? The only way around that problem would be to buy locally at farm shops and "Farmers Markets". Such is the monopoly that the supermarkets have over customers and suppliers alike.
British Food Packed not Grown
Food comes in from around the globe, then packed and labelled here,
All put into bubble packs, then Britain gets a cheer,
Stick on the labels, printed here, a union jack the lot,
It's only the packaging, but the contents they are not.
Packaging's the thing right now, it's wrapped and wrapped again,
Keep the food clean and fresh, or that is what they claim,
Bin through many hands, and machines to wrap and pack,
Getting older by the minute, a use-by date on pack will slap.
Everything is carried about and often back again,
Out to distribution centres, finding jobs for men,
Wear and tear on tyres and roads, burning up the miles,
Costs all added onto their goods, customer pays up and smiles.
British food grown and packed, genuine through and through,
A clear label telling us, so we know on what we chew,
Local grown just down the road, fresh as the morning dew,
We need to know, it's only fair, right now we haven't a clue.
Countryman (Owd Fred)
A House is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
Margaret Fuller (1810 - 1850)