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August 15, 2007

Don't eat the broccoli

Eye hears that European supplies of George Bush's least favourite vegetable have failed.

Supermarkets are air-freighting broccoli from California, producing greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 20-25 times its weight in CO2.

However, Eye is waiting on production editor Jez Smith's own crop of broccoli to develop, before decrying the demise of the whole crop this year.

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