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Judging by the current fiasco, much better off!They only have your best interests at heart, you know.
Think where British farming would be without!
Judging by the current fiasco, much better off!They only have your best interests at heart, you know.
Think where British farming would be without!
Red Tractor's Greener Farms Commitment.
Turns out it's linked to the "WWF Basket", which wants to reduce advertising spend on meat/dairy, and reduce meat consumption by 20%.
NFU Deputy President said the "principle" of the GFC was good. Seemingly, if what F Weekly has printed is correct, they will have known about the GFC being introduced to back up the WWF Basket.
I can't understand how any farming organisation would help WWF/Tesco when their blueprint is to reduce meat intake by 20%. It will devastate our industry which is already under massive profitability pressure with BPS vanishing.
It wouldn't just affect England. It would affect whole of UK.
Farming representatives on RT Board have either knowingly agreed to this, or were asleep on the job.
I’ve just joined BFU. The senior leadership of the NFU are a disgrace to their members, I just hope they take a mighty slip from the greasy pole they are all so eager to climb.According to Tom Bradshaw it's the "procedure" not "the principle" which was wrong with RT/GFC.
This means NFU agree in principle with reducing dietary meat by 20% and reducing spending on meat/dairy advertising.
I hope NFU members are happy.
I'm not happy.
The British Farming Union are here for anyone who wants change from NFU representation.
I think we need to set up coop groups/channels to export our produce especially basic commodities , anything that stays will be sold as it is no RT etc etc take it or leave it - go round them they can reimport it if they wish and label how they wish (they to do this now anyway when it suits them ) .Red Tractor's Greener Farms Commitment.
Turns out it's linked to the "WWF Basket", which wants to reduce advertising spend on meat/dairy, and reduce meat consumption by 20%.
NFU Deputy President said the "principle" of the GFC was good. Seemingly, if what F Weekly has printed is correct, they will have known about the GFC being introduced to back up the WWF Basket.
I can't understand how any farming organisation would help WWF/Tesco when their blueprint is to reduce meat intake by 20%. It will devastate our industry which is already under massive profitability pressure with BPS vanishing.
It wouldn't just affect England. It would affect whole of UK.
Farming representatives on RT Board have either knowingly agreed to this, or were asleep on the job.
Welcome aboard.I’ve just joined BFU. The senior leadership of the NFU are a disgrace to their members, I just hope they take a mighty slip from the greasy pole they are all so eager to climb.
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I think Association of Independent Meat Suppliers are probably behind farmers and don't like Red Tractor. If that's the case, then us farmers should get behind them.I think we need to set up coop groups/channels to export our produce especially basic commodities , anything that stays will be sold as it is no RT etc etc take it or leave it - go round them they can reimport it if they wish and label how they wish (they to do this now anyway when it suits them ) .
Absolutely, i agree, but where do we start?Hasn’t everyone seen enough to pull all memberships and close down ahdb yet? Plenty of discussing this and that like a load of old women waiting for the bus…… come on, let’s do something.
Outlet channels need to be created on a larger scale so no one has to be a member , it isnt really an issue with sheep , but most other things its unavoidable -that's why they promote WLA .I think Association of Independent Meat Suppliers are probably behind farmers and don't like Red Tractor. If that's the case, then us farmers should get behind them.
Welcome aboard.
We're not moving quite as quickly as we'd like, but hopefully heading in the right direction. It's building momentum all the time, with both members and other organisations contacting us and thinking along similar lines.
I just wonder if our so called representatives have been taking us for mugs and just see us as an income source.
No salaries or expenses have ever been paid from BFU membership money. Up to now, totally run by volunteers who just want to see some sense in our industry. In fact, many of the supporters have actually paid for things out of their own pockets. e.g. getting leaflets printed, paying for Facebook ads, paying for F Weekly advert last month, etc.
We don't do gravy, although at some point we'll get more achieved if there's paid staff or work done on a per job basis.
Looks like there is no " instead " how I read it - they want to only source produce from land in enviro schemes . Isnt SFI the bait for the rat trap ?Utterly shocking
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i’m beginning to think this is the end of uk agriculture ? why wouldn’t you just put land into sfi options instead ?
I would not think that the Livestock Auctioneers will be very chuffed if there is a push to reduce their income stream from selling livestock...I think Association of Independent Meat Suppliers are probably behind farmers and don't like Red Tractor. If that's the case, then us farmers should get behind them.
Just to be clear on all this. WWF approached nobody.
Dave Lewis, Terry Jones and other key players in the corporate control of our food system dreamt this up, then set about finding a naive/skint enough organisation to be the public front.
Don't go thinking it was in any way driven by the 'tree huggers'. WWF will find themselves ostracized by the many environmental organisations working on food and farming.
CallAbsolutely, i agree, but where do we start?
What do you propose?
It's a job to know where to start imo!
Looks like there is no " instead " how I read it - they want to only source produce from land in enviro schemes . Isnt SFI the bait for the rat trap ?
sign up to the BFU - only a tenner but the more of us there are the more people like AHDB are having to listen. Tell your neighbours, friends and folk at market because we are making a difference!Absolutely, i agree, but where do we start?
What do you propose?
It's a job to know where to start imo!
Done already!!sign up to the BFU - only a tenner but the more of us there are the more people like AHDB are having to listen. Tell your neighbours, friends and folk at market because we are making a difference!
This needs doing , asapCall
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nice Contradiction of the NFUs thinking here
left hand doesn’t appear to know what the right hand is doing it seems.