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<b>By directly asking the producer:</b> | <b>By directly asking the producer:</b> | ||
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<li>Is the farm/factory/mill/slaughterhouse producing industrial/organic/bio-dynamic products<ref>The producer may not have been granted the EU organic label, he could however be producing his products organically</ref></li> | <li>Is the farm/factory/mill/slaughterhouse producing industrial/organic/bio-dynamic products<ref>The producer may not have been granted the EU organic label, he could however be producing his products organically</ref>.</li> | ||
<li>Does the producer use electric powered greenhouses/tractors and machines running on gaz?</li> | <li>Does the producer use electric powered greenhouses/tractors and machines running on gaz?</li> | ||
<li>What kind of vegetable/fruit specie/ cattle breed<ref>ex: Is it an endangered specie?</ref> you are buying, and why?</li> | <li>What kind of vegetable/fruit specie/ cattle breed<ref>ex: Is it an endangered specie?</ref> you are buying, and why?</li> | ||
<li>The start and end of the season of the product. | <li>The start and end of the season of the product.</li> | ||
<li>Cattle/fish/seafood: what is the animal fed<ref>ex: Additional food supplements?</ref> with?</li> | <li>Cattle/fish/seafood: what is the animal fed<ref>ex: Additional food supplements?</ref> with?</li> | ||
<li>Cattle/fish/seafood: Is the animal breed outdoors or indoors?</li> | <li>Cattle/fish/seafood: Is the animal breed outdoors or indoors?</li> | ||
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== CULTURE == | == CULTURE == | ||
<li>Quickly check the yearly production of a product and its evolution in the past century on the [http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/?#data/ website the Food and Agriculture association of the United Nation]</li> | <li>Quickly check the yearly production of a product and its evolution in the past century on the [http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/?#data/ website the Food and Agriculture association of the United Nation].</li> | ||
<li>Check the wikipedia page of the product/recipe</li> | <li>Check the wikipedia page of the product/recipe.</li> | ||
<li>Check for biodiversity related data-bases<ref>ex in the NL: http://www.floravannederland.nl/home/</ref> to learn about your product and its cultivation in your country.</li> | <li>Check for biodiversity related data-bases<ref>ex in the NL: http://www.floravannederland.nl/home/</ref> to learn about your product and its cultivation in your country.</li> | ||
<li>Search for your product/recipe on the website of mainstream supermarkets in your country to see its recurrence</li> | <li>Search for your product/recipe on the website of mainstream supermarkets in your country to see its recurrence.</li> | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||