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The answer to that is to break the corporate oligopoly of the food system and rebuild our old food infrastructure imho.
ELMS: Parliamentary call for evidence
- Thread starter delilah
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With what's going on in the world, I just wonder if there's a realisation that the whole food system is fragile from soil to the fridge .
The further the soil is away from the fridge the more fragile the whole system becomes.
matthew
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- Cornwall, SW England
There was an interesting snippet on local news last week, from a skool in Dorsetshire. Horrified by her pupil's ignorance of where their food came from, the head created a school garden, and as veg, fruit and flowers came into season, hired a stall at the local market.
The children manned the stall, served customers with produce they'd grown themselves, and learned a bit of maths at the same time, taking cash and giving (correct) change. Takings went back into the pot, to recycle for seed and compost next year.
She said she was determined children would not leave her school, thinking all food came shrink wrapped from Tesco.
The children appeared thrilled to show off what they'd grown, and there was no shortage of buyers.
Well done.
The children manned the stall, served customers with produce they'd grown themselves, and learned a bit of maths at the same time, taking cash and giving (correct) change. Takings went back into the pot, to recycle for seed and compost next year.
She said she was determined children would not leave her school, thinking all food came shrink wrapped from Tesco.
The children appeared thrilled to show off what they'd grown, and there was no shortage of buyers.
Well done.
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- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
A great example of how schooling SHOULD be done. Create broad learning opportunities and make use of each to incorporate elements of the curriculum. Growing food crops would fit with so many things.There was an interesting snippet on local news last week, from a skool in Dorsetshire. Horrified by her pupil's ignorance of where their food came from, the head created a school garden, and as veg, fruit and flowers came into season, hired a stall at the local market.
The children manned the stall, served customers with produce they'd grown themselves, and learned a bit of maths at the same time, taking cash and giving (correct) change. Takings went back into the pot, to recycle for seed and compost next year.
She said she was determined children would not leave her school, thinking all food came shrink wrapped from Tesco.
The children appeared thrilled to show off what they'd grown, and there was no shortage of buyers.
Well done.
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That looks very much like the inquiry earlier this year
Could you ask one of the folks you dealt with to clarify this ? It would seem odd if it is a straight rerun, we should know why this one follows in such quick succession.
edit: If the straight and honest answer is "the first one told us what the problems are with ELMS as it stands, we now want to know what you instead think it should look like" then great. There has been enough energy put into dismantling what it currently looks like, its time for folks to put forward their constructive proposals to Govt.
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- South Wales UK
How much is it costing too???
that has been proved to be the case a few times in the last couple years
That is my fear... all the "surplus" spun off to Tiers 2 and 3 ELMS. Just as some of the Stakeholder wanted and planned...?
That looks very much like the inquiry earlier this year
But seemingly pitched at the "big players" from reading the notes.
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- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
I'll ask tonight. I've already asked what's happening with regard to the inquiry and had this reply:
Mixedupfarmer
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- Norfolk
62% of farmers will have made a profit without sub, but how many would have made enough to live on? Not many!
So Govt will release its report on its first enquiry into ELMS in late October. And would like us all to give evidence to its second enquiry into ELMS by 13 October. Got it.
Mixedupfarmer
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- Norfolk
Just like the retirement scheme details being out in November, too late for tenants to give 12 months notice to exit in 2022. Get the feeling they don't want any of it to work?
I'm still going with cock up rather than conspiracy. If it still looks like it does today by the end of March, then yes conspiracy. I don't think it will.
farmerm
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- Shropshire
fewer still profit that would be anywhere near the £15/hr labour propose for min wage...
farmerm
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- Shropshire
I've said it before, for a conspiracy you need competency....
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- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
Email sent. I'll post the response here.
Really is a bizarre turn of events!Email sent. I'll post the response here.
GeorgeK
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- Leicestershire
And the profit figures include diversification. Take off the AD plants, holiday lets, industrial units etc and how many are making enough to live on from pure farming?
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- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
VERY few UK farms deliver a competetive return on capital in my experience. We all do it as much for the lifestyle as the money.