You have to hand it to Tescos, they’re not exactly modest. Take this glorious promise on their website press release:

http://www.tescocorporate.com/page.aspx?pointerid=91F80D0FB73944CEAEFBD3D48DCFEDF9

Ink-Jet cartridges to save planet and help find cure for Cystic Fibrosis
I mean, saving the planet might be enough for some people, but not Tesco. They really can walk and chew gum at the same time.

If, like me, you are intrigued then you can read on to discover: Tesco is to call on its millions of shoppers to help save the planet and simultaneously fund work to find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis, by recycling used Ink-Jet Cartridges (IJCs) rather than throwing them away and clogging up the environment.

And then, back in the real world, mosey on down to the fresh produce section and look at their mushrooms which are the produce of…Poland.

That’s right folks! Here in the UK with our horrible wet climate and muggy weather, we appear incapable of growing mushrooms that are mushroomy enough to please Mr Tesco. It’s not as though mushrooms require conditions beyond the scope of your average gardener. There are some inner-city bedsits that have conditions damp and dark enough to satisfy the most demanding, epicurean fungi.

Even I have grown mushrooms (sometimes unwittingly) in dark and festering airing cupboards. There must be growers in this country who could roll up their sleeves, shovel a bit of well rotted manure and start growing to feed local towns and villages.

Instead, Tescos buys them in from Poland. This means the humble mushroom, which could be grown locally, is instead driven/flown/dragged the long journey from Poland by a company that prides itself on ‘Saving the Planet.’

Saving the planet from what/whom? I wonder. From commonsense maybe?

Okay, rant over. You can all come out now!