• 95% of our fruit comes from abroad.
  
• Half of our vegetables are imported.
  
• 30% of all goods transported by lorry around the UK are foodstuffs.
  
• Food imports increased from 13.5m tonnes in 1992 to just over 16m tonnes by 2002.
  
• Whilst only 1% of food is transported by air, it accounts for 11% of carbon emissions.
  
• Rainforest the size of ten football pitches is felled every second, some of which to make room for exported food crops.
  
• Since 1992, the amount of food flown by ‘plane has risen by 140%.