Singer on Eating

[sawyl]

Today's Guardian included an interview with Peter Singer, who discussed his book Eating, written with Jim Mason. Always an interesting contrast with the majority of anti-corporate tub thumpers, he comes out in favour of large businesses:

The fact that a big chain has a national and international reputation to protect means they need to be a bit more cautious about what they are doing than someone who has no brand and is not going to suffer from any kind of disclosure.

And, in certain circumstances, he's also pro supermarket. He points out it might be better to buy food in supermarkets on the grounds that you're helping to support people in poorer parts of the world and a supermarket minimises your mileage in a way that traipsing round local stores in your SUV doesn't.

Interesting stuff. Makes me want to read the book.