"Three food and health-related stories in less than three weeks is not a coincidence but an indicator of how much is wrong with our industrial-scale food supply systems.
Horse burgers, halal meat contaminated by pork (Contaminated halal meat supplier named, 4 February) and a "silent epidemic" of food poisoning from uncooked chicken meat (Face the Facts, BBC Radio 4, 16 January) are indicative of a system under pressure and operating at a scale that makes many feel uncomfortable.
It is clear that local producers should play a much more significant role in the nation's food supply chain. However, more supportive and clearer signals are required from both politicians and the "big beasts" of the food world. Buying local is good for the economy, good for the environment and good for you.
Edwyn Martin
Manager, Produced in Kent"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/10/real-beef-about-horsemeat