Christmas cherries in the UK are fresh, but getting fresh causes carbon emissions.

The cold weather in the UK is not good for growing cherries; however; supermarkets have fresh cherries in stock.  They are flying the cherries in from over 7,000 miles away from Chile.  The large amount of carbon emissions produced to get fresh cherries to the UK for Christmas is hurting the environment. 

The soil association director, Patrick Holden stated “As consumers and as citizens we ought to go into the shops and think about buying fresh, in-season, locally grown food first.”  Buying out of season fruits and vegetables produces carbon emissions.  Is it worth having fresh fruit all year round, considering the effect that is put on the environment to bring the products into the markets?