Did anyone watch Panorama the other night about US style factory mega farms coming to the UK? Wow Panorama has really gone downhill. You could see they were hoping to get some sensationalism out of the English farmer they flew to America, but he basically said yeah this is the future and it's not that bad.
Then when they bought a bunch of products with union jacks on them, with their "secret undercover camera" lol what a joke. Why not just film the package after you have bought it with a normal camera? They sent them off to Germany to test the isotopes to see where the meat reeaally comes from, and low and behold all of it is actually British except for some sausages which apparently contain a bit of foreign meat mixed in. SHOCK HORROR!
And what was the presenter wearing the whole time? Those weird massive shoes?? He looked like he was a rejected extra from Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
Anyway there is nothing wrong with mega farms IMO, that is what most people want: cheap low quality food. You always have the option to pay extra for organic whatever.
I'm lucky that I live in a low population density surrounded by farm land and can get 60% of my food grown within 30 miles of my house. The farms do a CSA program (community supported agriculture) where I pay one farm $400 for a 6 month subscription, and each month I get a bundle of locally produced grass fed organic beef and lamb. It works out to about $7/lb for prime cuts of great quality healthy meat. Then for fruit/veggies/eggs/poultry/honey/bread and stuff I pay another 2 farms and each week we go and pick up a box of produce from a meeting place in town.
The money goes right to the farmer, I literally put the cash right in her hand.
The down side is it's only available during the growing season april-november. Plus there are a limited number of CSA "shares" available on each farm so obviously you are not going to feed the world this way. Sometimes you have to be on a waiting list.
Anyone who has tasted American supermarket food will tell you how **** it is compared to the UK but I think with these mega farms the quality in the UK is going to drop down to American standards. Just another way the UK is being Americanised. If you want to see what you are in for watch the movie "Food Inc" or google image search "feedlot".
Then when they bought a bunch of products with union jacks on them, with their "secret undercover camera" lol what a joke. Why not just film the package after you have bought it with a normal camera? They sent them off to Germany to test the isotopes to see where the meat reeaally comes from, and low and behold all of it is actually British except for some sausages which apparently contain a bit of foreign meat mixed in. SHOCK HORROR!
And what was the presenter wearing the whole time? Those weird massive shoes?? He looked like he was a rejected extra from Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
Anyway there is nothing wrong with mega farms IMO, that is what most people want: cheap low quality food. You always have the option to pay extra for organic whatever.
I'm lucky that I live in a low population density surrounded by farm land and can get 60% of my food grown within 30 miles of my house. The farms do a CSA program (community supported agriculture) where I pay one farm $400 for a 6 month subscription, and each month I get a bundle of locally produced grass fed organic beef and lamb. It works out to about $7/lb for prime cuts of great quality healthy meat. Then for fruit/veggies/eggs/poultry/honey/bread and stuff I pay another 2 farms and each week we go and pick up a box of produce from a meeting place in town.
The money goes right to the farmer, I literally put the cash right in her hand.
The down side is it's only available during the growing season april-november. Plus there are a limited number of CSA "shares" available on each farm so obviously you are not going to feed the world this way. Sometimes you have to be on a waiting list.
Anyone who has tasted American supermarket food will tell you how **** it is compared to the UK but I think with these mega farms the quality in the UK is going to drop down to American standards. Just another way the UK is being Americanised. If you want to see what you are in for watch the movie "Food Inc" or google image search "feedlot".
