What are the cleanest countries/provinces to import food from (low heavy metal + plastics contamination levels + high environmental standards)? Healthiest soils?

[Alex K Chen]

British Columbia/Canada, Hawaii, Cuba? Japan >> China/Southeast Asia. Berries from northern states? (the far north is generally cleaner on average, but it's too bad that they tend to be used for grain)...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/28/organic-or-starve-can-cubas-new-farming-model-provide-food-security

Ideally not downstream from sources of pollution (microplastics are often found when wastewater is used to water crops). British Columbia has added advantage of being unusually warm for its latitude

The first "microplastics in crops" studies came from crops grown in southern europe..

RELEVANT READING

https://www.fao.org/3/cb4894en/online/src/html/chapter-11-2.html

also look up regenerative soil person

Edited August 15, 2023 by InquilineKea