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Article: Supermarkets put on the spot over sourcing local produce; l THE Council for Protection of Rural England (CPRE) launched 'Down Your Way?', its supermarket survey and challenge, at its stand at Henrietta Green's Food Lovers' Fair at Secretts, Milford, Surrey, yesterday.(Farming Life)
- Article from:
- The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
- Article date:
- May 11, 2002
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Byline: DAVID McCOY
COUNTRYSIDE campaigners yesterday challenged supermarkets to increase their sourcing of local food, such as England's speciality cheeses and local apple varieties, to five per cent of all food and five per cent of sales by 2005.
In a new report, the CPRE (the Council for the Protection of Rural England), urged supermarkets to set a clear definition of 'local foods' so that customers know that products promoted as such have been grown in the nearby countryside.
The CPRE also challenged supermarkets to set a limit of 30 miles ...