Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Carrot Woes for the Prince of Wales

"Sainsbury’s rejected carrots grown at the Prince of Wales’s organic farm because they were rotten, it said today.

The supermarket giant said the quality of Duchy carrots from Highgrove had deteriorated after being stored over the winter.

It also rejected organic carrots supplied by Soil Association director Patrick Holden’s Welsh farm for the same reason.

The quality of carrots from both suppliers went downhill because they had been stored for several months after the September harvest, Sainsbury’s said."

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