Charles lobbies for an organic Britain
February 26, 2006
by Jon Ungoed-Thomas and Christopher Morgan
The Prince of Wales wants Britain to be transformed into an “organic oasis” with no chemicals used on any crops — even at the cost of imposing trade barriers and pulling out of the European Union (EU).
At a meeting in his private apartment at St James’s Palace, Charles told Lord Haskins, the former chairman of Northern Foods, of his passion for organic food. He outlined his vision in a meeting with Lord Haskins, who was appointed by Tony Blair to head a rural review. Prince Charles’s comments are understood to have been privately dismissed by Haskins as ill-thought out and impractical.
Charles’s vision of Britain as an organic island was disclosed in the midst of controversy about his attempts to influence government decisions.
