Comments on: Eco-labelling, slow food, slow wine and environmental policy instrument design http://www.raulpacheco.org/2009/03/eco-labelling-slow-food-slow-wine-and-environmental-policy-instrument-design-2/ Environmental research, teaching & consulting Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:41:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anthony Nicalo http://www.raulpacheco.org/2009/03/eco-labelling-slow-food-slow-wine-and-environmental-policy-instrument-design-2/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Anthony Nicalo Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:10:15 +0000 http://www.raulpacheco.org/2009/03/eco-labelling-slow-food-slow-wine-and-environmental-policy-instrument-design-2/#comment-10 Thanks for sharing your ideas, Raul. I am much more worried about government mandates that have a deleterious impact on farming and the environment than a fear of them "giving up" their mandate. As you well know, environmental regulations are subject to intense efforts from well-funded lobbying groups to make them as weak as possible. Food and agriculture standards are subjected to much of the same pressure. There are many instances of successful third-party certifications that once adopted by the government, end up being heavily watered down versions to suit industrial interests. I am also interested to hear more from you on the idea of locally-produced and its relation to sustainability. For example, nearly every winery in British Columbia uses intensive irrigation and I am wondering how you would evaluate that compared to the impact of ocean freight through the lens of sustainability. <abbr><em>Anthony Nicalo’s last blog post..<a href="http://www.farmsteadwines.com/sustainability/2009/03/dr-rachel-black-discusses-the-philosophy-of-slow-food-and-its-application-to-wine/" rel="nofollow">Dr. Rachel Black discusses the philosophy of Slow Food and its application to wine</a></abbr></em> Thanks for sharing your ideas, Raul. I am much more worried about government mandates that have a deleterious impact on farming and the environment than a fear of them “giving up” their mandate. As you well know, environmental regulations are subject to intense efforts from well-funded lobbying groups to make them as weak as possible. Food and agriculture standards are subjected to much of the same pressure. There are many instances of successful third-party certifications that once adopted by the government, end up being heavily watered down versions to suit industrial interests.

I am also interested to hear more from you on the idea of locally-produced and its relation to sustainability. For example, nearly every winery in British Columbia uses intensive irrigation and I am wondering how you would evaluate that compared to the impact of ocean freight through the lens of sustainability.

Anthony Nicalo’s last blog post..Dr. Rachel Black discusses the philosophy of Slow Food and its application to wine

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