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Nocton: shows foresight, surely?
Nocton Dairies continue to purport that they are right... and everyone else is wrong. Astonishing.
http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/articles.aspx?page=articles&ID=215856
Reduce reliance on food imports warns NFU
'The government needs to take urgent action to reduce the UK's growing dependence on imports, according to NFU president Peter Kendall.'
http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2011/02/15/125500/Reduce-reliance-on-food-imports-warns-NFU.htm
UK self-sufficiency in food - how bad is it?
'The UK's self-sufficiency in staple foods like meat and fresh vegetables has plummeted since the highs of the 1980s...'
And it will only get worse if we start to adopt intensive dairying across the UK. Removing good agricultural land to produce milk in huge agri-industrial units is hardly going to help now is it?
http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2011/02/15/125501/UK-self-sufficiency-in-food-how-bad-is-it.htm
Chrissie Hynde joins fight against factory milk in Britain's tea
'Rock legend Chrissie Hynde has lent her support to the Not in my Cuppa campaign to stop factory milk from battery cows ending up in the nation's favourite drink.'
http://www.music-news.com/shownews.asp?H=Chrissie-Hynde-joins-fight-against-factory-milk-in-Britains-tea&nItemID=39313
Intense lobbying could enable unapproved GM crops to enter European food chain
'Agribusiness accused of 'scaremongering' lobbying tactics as it pushes for the import of animal feed containing traces of unapproved genetically modified (GM) crops - using the guise of combating feed shortages.'
http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/771320/intense_lobbying_could_enable_unapproved_gm_crops_to_enter_european_food_chain.html
The UK needs a labelling scheme for GM-free meat products
'If meat and dairy from animals reared on GM feed is not labelled we allow crops without safety approvals to enter the food chain.'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2011/feb/10/labelling-gm-meat
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