support our farmers

rubin1961

rubin1961

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we should all support our farmers because they are struggling and the meat and veg are so much better than these supermarkets.
i know it will encourage more bossies and others to work but only because we wont.
but at the end of day we are supporting our farmers and getting better food.
AND ITS BRITISH.
 
Energize, I'm still deciding whether that was a failed attempt at sarcasm, or if you really have no idea about farming at all? Most of the farmers I know work 10 hours a day and STILL have a second job on top.
 
I don't know how to support our farmers anymore than I currently am - I buy local produce, British beef, etc. Unfortunately the buck lies with the supermarkets and store chains who sell the produce for incredibly low prices just to compete with each other, and farmers and producers lose out. They make the food, yet have so little say it's unreal.
 
Rainmaker said:
Energize, I'm still deciding whether that was a failed attempt at sarcasm, or if you really have no idea about farming at all? Most of the farmers I know work 10 hours a day and STILL have a second job on top.
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Hence stop farming and do something else, it's like me setting up my own business and then begging people to support me when I don't make any money. The times change, old practices don't stay around forever.

Personally I don't want to support battery farms that run on low profit margins.
 
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Energize said:
Hence stop farming and do something else, it's like me setting up my own business and then begging people to support me when I don't make any money. The times change, old practices don't stay around forever.
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Are you aware of what happens when our farmers just stop and move onto other jobs? How about rising global prices or crippling economies for a start - I'm not being dramatic either. It doesn't even take that much of a dip in farmers to have a noticeable effect on prices and economical activity. People really don't understand how important our farmers are, and how little they get in return for it.

'ok guys stop farming, times change, old practices, blah blah'
*world collapses*
 
It is a rather random thread, but I do agree with the sentiment. I think he means to get food from local farmers markets, but its not clear.

Its not looking good for the farmers in the UK. The money was in leaving the land as set aside for a while and then going into Organic farming, but that is a significant amount more effort than traditional methods. I don't know if that is still the case.

I come from a family of farmers and there is a real chance that I could have gone down that route. Alas my uncle and his dad (who was near retirement) saw that there really was no money in it anymore and got out.
 
KNiVES said:
Are you aware of what happens when our farmers just stop and move onto other jobs? How about rising global prices or crippling economies for a start - I'm not being dramatic either. It doesn't even take that much of a dip in farmers to have a noticeable effect on prices and economical activity. People really don't understand how important our farmers are, and how little they get in return for it.

'ok guys stop farming, times change, old practices, blah blah'
*world collapses*
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Exactly my point, they need to make an impact to get people to value them. Continuing to sell food for almost no profit and asking for support, isn't going to get them anywhere.
 
i always try to buy local or british produce when i can but hardly anywhere sells it and when they do the prices are extortionate which doesnt help
 
Energize said:
Exactly my point, they need to make an impact to get people to value them. Continuing to sell food for almost no profit and asking for support, isn't going to get them anywhere.
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Do you realise that the purchasing power of the big supermarkets dictates the price, not the farmers?
 
It's all the Supermarkets really.... you could probably say the same about small grocers, butchers, fishmongers and corner shops that have all gone out of business or struggle because of the dominance of the Supermarkets. It was down to the government to control or restrict the amount of supermarkets.

Take France for example, they don't have such huge supermarkets and people still shop at the local stores, going to buy fresh bread from the boulangerie everyday, for example.
 
the last thing the economy needs right now is food prices to suddenly rocket due to the government imposing restrictions on the supermarkets.
 
I wasn't suggesting doing that...
I'm just stating that they could have prevented a lot of small businesses from closing down if they had wanted to.
 
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