Saturday 20 November 2010

Cheap milk

Consuming Issues: Do we want cheap milk or family farms?


'Peter Wiles talks a good game. When explaining why Britain needs a mega-dairy with a herd 30 times larger than average, he says traditional dairy farmers are going out of business and imports rising; British milk is under threat.'

http://www.independent.co.uk/money/spend-save/consuming-issues-do-we-want-cheap-milk-or-family-farms-2138921.html

Farmers warn of December protests

'HUNDREDS of milk producers could be spending their last Christmas in the dairy sector as the supermarket price war intensifies, Farmers For Action chairman David Handley has warned.'

http://www.farmersguardian.com/home/business/business-news/farmers-warn-of-december-protests/35715.article
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