[jessie123]

Reading the thread about milk made me think about shopping habits.

Do you worry about where your food comes from?

Do you boycott any companies or refuse to buy certain products?

[BobTheBottersnik...]

Yep, I always buy branded milk and try as much as possible to buy branded food from supermarkets rather than own brand. But I'm lucky in that I have enough disposable income to do this. So many people don't have that luxury.

I also refuse to buy products made in Israel or buy from shops that support the Israeli state, as one very small way of supporting the Palestinian people.

[lylac]

I do worry about where our food comes from.
We don't have a lot of money so sometimes we have to compromise.
I won't buy tinned pineapple grown in Indonesia, when it grows right here in QLD.
I think it's important to read labels.

[AvadaKedavra]

As one of the advocates of ethical shopping in that thread - absolutely!!!

www.ethical.org.au


I would rather do without (and have done without) rather than consume anything that hurts people. I will eat a block of Fairtrade chocolate every month (at $10/block) than buy one a week, and support an industry which still uses slave labour, including child slaves - for example.

When corners are cut to make the end price cheap for us, someone else is suffering. I don't think that's fair. Especially since most of the things most unethically made are not essentials, or are essentials that can be purchased in lower quantities. Other people should not suffer for my indulgence. And if we all did that, companies would be forced to change.

[AvadaKedavra]

I do worry about where our food comes from.
We don't have a lot of money so sometimes we have to compromise.
I won't buy tinned pineapple grown in Indonesia, when it grows right here in QLD.
I think it's important to read labels.

Locally made is not always best.

With apologies to anyone who is a rice farmer - who the hell thought it would be a good idea to grow rice in a desert country?! I will not buy Australian rice - I'd much rather buy it from places with sufficient water to grow it, especially as even with the environmental cost of transport, it is better to buy rice from overseas.

[Flibbertigibbert...]

I try to be an ethical shopper, choosing free range over the less savoury options, locally owned and grown, minimal packaging, that sort of thing. I think one of the big issues in our society is over consumption, and when buying anything I am mindful if this and try to reduce the quantities of what I buy.

[Apageintime]

I won't buy from any of the companies that test on animals, or are owned by a company that tests on animals.

I've Very limited in cosmetics and cleaning products, but it's worth it for me.

[ZCE]

It's something i am definitely moving towards in my shopping. I don't have the budget to buy absolutely everything 100% ethically but i am slowly shuffling our budget around to make room for the more expensive items.

I boycott sanitarium and nestle.

I do most of my shopping at aldi, farmers markets and independant butchers.

I don't buy cheap milk.

I buy farm eggs that i am 100% sure are free range.

I try to buy local product.

[OnePinkStar]

Thanks to the milk thread I have now downloaded the ethical shopper app.

I always bought branded milk, free range eggs and chicken etc. Oh and didn't buy from Gloria Jeans. Now I have more information at hand and look forward to using it.

[icekool]

Do you worry about where your food comes from?

Do you boycott any companies or refuse to buy certain products?

Yes I do but there is little I can do about it. There is no organic store near me and everything on the packet says - local and imported ingredients. It isn't helpful but I can't buy anything elsewhere. I suck at growing stuff and can't own cattle or poultry.

Yes, I do kinda boycott Steggles. The ads say "no added hormones". Yea, that is great but they have MSG! 621