Geography and all that Jazz

Food waste... The EU has acted to loosen its regulations on FOOD DIMENSIONS . (BBC NEWS article) These are responsible for food wastage as producers don't always meet the tight standards, and consumers don't get the chance to buy it even at a discount. It matters not to me how wonky my cucumbers are, but what they taste like... Image by Flickr user banana custard, and made available under Creative Commons

Happy New Year to all my readers! Currently listening again to the Radio 4 Today programme on listen again, which was edited by the G Team. Interesting clip from Vanessa Lawrence on the importance of maps in our everyday lives: "there is more geography being used today than ever before" Also item on the connection between immigration in Britain and the effect on poverty in Afric a. Apparently people of African origin send home an average of just under £1000 a year. Interview with some Ghanaians living in London and from correspondent in Ghana. An item on the growth of the EU: the link between Europe and links between Europe. My Walks : project from Northumbria University - look at familiar places as an unfamiliar place. Geography is about change in the contemporary world. Interview with Dr. Duncan Fuller from the university. Final interview with the guest editors. Doreen Massey provided a small input relating climate change to globalisation. We demand goods but don...