Pre-Packed Horse-rendous, Local produce shines, says columnist Richie Stamp

With all the debate and controversial discussions & the

shocking findings... What is going on in our food chain ??? Am amazed and disturbed

as a foodie & Chef & a advocate of local food that horse meat has found

its way into our food. Burgers, now it has progressed to pre-packed Lasagnes

& similar 'ping' products.

Are we supposed to eat these animals as sophisticated,

professional & animal caring humans ?

I was watching the news and was glad to see the news media

was reporting from a farmer's market. Where local meat product's was flying off

the shelves. Sales going up by 20% apparently well I am not surprised. This is

obviously not a new thing, but because of the recent findings it has woken

people up that going to a local farmer's market to purchase your weekly meat is

beneficial, because it is all

1-  

Traceable.

The source is there to be seen. They are what it says on the tin !

2-  

Quality.

The products are not processed to look fake & plastic. Taste the fresh

flavour !

3-  

Quantity.

You can get more for your pound.

4-  

Reasonable

Price. Good prices & bargains at a local farmer's market. Your dealing

with the producer ! Not a manufactured factory. Your missing the '3rd

party' – the supermarket !

5-  

Variety.

Handmade & organic products with lots of thought gone into the additional

ingredients to give you a variety of flavours.. For example Pork & Apple

Burgers & Lincolnshire Sausages with Ale.

There are a few more benefits to going to a farmers market, it

gets you in the outdoors mostly, going to food festivals is another great way

to buy local produce.

In Lincolnshire we celebrate our produce greatly, we are as

a county, one of the biggest food producers in the country. We are lucky to be

living in a county with so much local produce on our door step. We have a few

brilliant Farm Shops local to Scunthorpe and of course we have our Food Market

in the town centre, we should celebrate local Scunthorpe foods more.

Perhaps the government should really look seriously at this

issue and go local more than they do. For more information on Local

Lincolnshire Food & our local products. Browse these websites here - http://www.visitlincolnshire.com  http://www.eatlincolnshire.com/