The Food Programme

[Chris Luck]

I thought you would like that.

Chris

 

[Monsieur Abeille]

3k (less than 2 miles) doesn't seem very far considering the distances they can forage to.

Though applying organic principles to honey production seems hit and miss, and a bit pointless to me. Still I'm sure there are many who think it means something.

 

[greatbritishhoney]

blimey, didnt know we were teaching A level english on the forum now,

Let's not limit it to English!
What about French and Italian too?

I have recently seen.....Gateaux's....
and, of course, there are the ever-present...panini's and cappuccino's.
Wrong in so many ways

 

[Firefly]

I just listened again again

It's a confusingly put together programme, showing all the signs of last minute editing to accommodate the recent GM issue

The guy doing honey "testing" definitely said a 5km (not 3km) radius of organic crops - I guess he was just confused. He said some other odd things, like if the honey is contaminated it always turns out to be the fault of the bee-keeper, not the bees! No, really?

An interviewee said that honey imports from India to EU are banned - ostensibly due to problems with trans-shipment of [pharmaceutically] contaminated honey originating in China - but no-one said direct imports from China are banned, and the Rowse guy said they take Acacia honey from China - I guess they are in the clear

The pretty clear sub-text is that the interviewees think the GM ruling is likely to be changed - else the market and price are likely to be highly disrupted and selling imported/blended honey at all will become well nigh impractical

Having said that - for producers in the EU - this is presumably "only" a problem if (like the guys in Germany) your hives are near somewhere where "experimental" GM crops - that do not have general approval - are being grown. GM crops that are "permitted" - and so grown on a commercial scale - can show up with as much pollen as you like and you are in the clear!

So for EU bee-keepers who know they have no "experiments" near by, this is a good news story. Imports are about to be banned and local honey will be £15 a jar

Always look on the bright side of life....

 

[drstitson]

"and, of course, there are the ever-present...panini's and cappuccino's"

don't get me started. It's one panino, two panini.

 

[greatbritishhoney]

"and, of course, there are the ever-present...panini's and cappuccino's"

don't get me started. It's one panino, two panini.

I thought you'd like that one!

 

[drstitson]

we'll save the great S and X confusion for another day shall we!!!!

 

[Monsieur Abeille]

we'll save the great S and X confusion for another day shall we!!!!

Xure

 

[alanf]

It's a confusingly put together programme, showing all the signs of last minute editing to accommodate the recent GM issue

Is anyone else annoyed at the increasing trend in TV and Radio to start a program with long quotes and extracts to lay out 'what's coming up'?

When the 'item' comes up the relevant bit is little more than the quote they used before. Surround each quote with a bit of padding, trailers between and there's no more than 15 minutes content in a half hour slot.

 

[Firefly]

Is anyone else annoyed at the increasing trend in TV and Radio to start a program with long quotes and extracts to lay out 'what's coming up'?

When the 'item' comes up the relevant bit is little more than the quote they used before. Surround each quote with a bit of padding, trailers between and there's no more than 15 minutes content in a half hour slot.

Don't get me started: Horizon, Brian Cox, Planet Dinosaur, anything containing the word Nature or Natural....

 

[drstitson]

This is all a symptom of the BBC making programs to sell worldwide (ie to the USA) where they have regular ad breaks and short attention spans.

 

[The Apprentices]

For those not familiar with the Codex Alimentarius and the food rules legislation here is their guidelines on honey, including pesticides etc.

http://www.codexalimentarius.net/web/more_info.jsp?id_sta=310

On the part about self contamination by the beekeepers themselves, once codex get's a hold of this issue there will be big changes in those treatments and how they are administered, the GMO scenario is only the very beggining, there are already a few prescribed drugs via vets etc, be rest assured to ready yourselves for more to follow.

 

[The Apprentices]

This is all a symptom of the BBC making programs to sell worldwide (ie to the USA) where they have regular ad breaks and short attention spans.

The US attention span just broke as 50,000 took to their wall street recently and we are seeing an Egyptian long haul model.

http://www.nowpublic.com/world/protests-new-york-city