Would you put up with less choice in supermarkets to save the planet?

"Consumers now expect to be constantly bombarded with foodstuffs from around the world, demanding fresh strawberries at Christmas, cheap meat from New Zealand and Brazil and prawns from Indonesia. In their rush to satisfy customer demands, the big supermarkets have become global bazaars for foreign producers.

But as experts warn we are placing too much pressure on the earth's finite resources – is the way we buy and consume food becoming unsustainable?"

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