Albert Tatlock Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 I grow spuds and a few other veggies in my back garden. Am I entitled to this payment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 products such as organic milk selling especially well," said Mr Gawne. it's because the sell buy date is 3 times as long as local milk, I have a bottle bought a couple of days ago, use by 30th April ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Yet more hand outs, How come i dont get anything for changing the way i run my business? Farmers are always quick to blame the supermarkets for the price we pay for meat products, although the local butchers dont seem to far behind in price. Will this money help to make the organic products cheaper for the consumer? cos farmers are the first link in the 'food chain' and as such are fairly important to it. no farmers, no food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 I too would like a £1000 if its not important, im sure others also would like paying for running an uneconomic business. Is this trully capitalism and the free market economy in action? the businesses are uneconomic for 2 reasons. 1) some farms are too small to make a living off in modern times unless you go down the intensive route with eggs or chickens etc, and 2) farming is one of the few ( maybe only ) business where the buyer ( iom creameries or fatstock ) tell YOU what they will pay you for your produce!! regardless of what it actually cost you to make, along with supermarkets who also do the same to the processors with the threat of importing stuff and not using local farmers/processors at all!! if we all actually payed what the meat or milk cost to produce with a 'fair' markup down the line, we would be paying more than we already do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollag Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Yet more hand outs, How come i dont get anything for changing the way i run my business? Farmers are always quick to blame the supermarkets for the price we pay for meat products, although the local butchers dont seem to far behind in price. Will this money help to make the organic products cheaper for the consumer? cos farmers are the first link in the 'food chain' and as such are fairly important to it. no farmers, no food. Snag is manx farmers are not the only farmers and nobody advocates bye bye to all farmers, that is a mis direction. Calculate your meat price with added hill farm subsidies, abbottoir build and run costs, grant and loan costs, Litts running losses and export subsidies, it aint so cheap then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebees Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Organic schmanic I know a song about that...oh no thats manic shamanic - similar though you must agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Smelly Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Organic is basically going back to before chemicals, i have always found that working with nature is easier than against it. Why people don't turn a corner of the garden to veg production is beyond me it means less to buy from the shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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