This is important - Follow this Compassion in World Farming link on the perils of mega-dairies proposed for the UK.
Apart from the cows never seeing the light of day, there is also human cost to these and they are a disaster for diversity: I have spoken to French farmers who are already suffering from being out-priced by Dutch mega-dairies, and for several years it has no longer been possible to find local butter in the UK, as ALL UK butter is made in 2 giant dairies, and small producers can't compete on price. Local, individual, unusual dairy products will disappear or only be available to the wealthy.
If you care about:
• Nice food
• Cows
• Not having all money from dairy products going to a very few rich businessmen rather than normal farmers.
...then please take literally a minute to fill out their email form to send to your MP. The link to send the form is at the bottom of this page.
2 comments:
Hi all,
Indeed our MPs can seize a unique opportunity to move the UK away from factory farming! You can ask your MP to take a stand against factory farming on the 12 November when there will be a Parliamentary vote for fairer food – No more 'Noctons'
By voting for the Sustainable Livestock Bill and the Public Bodies (Sustainable Food) Bill, your MP can choose a future in which industrial developments like Nocton Dairies have no place.
For the bills to stand a real chance of passing into law, at least 100 MPs need to be in the House of Commons on Friday 12 November.
Thanks,
Tor, Compassion In World Farming
Thanks Tor. I didn't get notified of this post, so have only just published it - shame it's way past 12th Nov! Feel free to add any updates on the situation here, and I'll start checking for posts.
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