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Paper Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 01:42 PM Original message |
If the ash crisis in Europe does not clear soon, it is not only travelers who will suffer. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. Most of the food comes in by air??? No. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. Don't think so. Europeans eat mainly at a local level. At most, things are trucked from one area to |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 01:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. True that. In Ireland, for example, they have a law... |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I just came back from Italy and saw the most beautiful street markets. Even in Rome. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's mainly out-of-season fruit and vegetables that come in by air |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I think that if it got to that point... |
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haele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. Actually, it may be changes to the growing season from the cooling that might cause trouble |
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Mme. Defarge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. The "Year without a Summer" |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. OTOH, volcanic ash is very mineral rich. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. The paranoia is strong with this one. |
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Paper Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Nothing else to do tonight? Lighten up. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
11. Flight ban could leave UK short of fruit and veg |
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Paper Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 06:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Thank you for posting this link. |
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