- Location
- East Yorkshire
Judging by the current fiasco, much better off!
GFC disgrace: Here's what NFU, AHDB and RT have signed us up for
- Thread starter Grass And Grain
- Start date
You all need to put the WWF involvement to one side.
You all need to put the 'less meat and dairy' to one side.
If WWF walked away from this tomorrow, would it all go away ? No. If not them, it would be someone else. They are the PR company for this, the Saatchi and Saatchi. Nothing more.
20 years ago the 'Breaking the armlock' alliance sought to raise awareness of the corporate control of our food chain. That alliance was largely environmental/ social justice NGO's, with some august farming bodies such as the Independent fruit growers.
Meat and dairy wasn't on the table 20 years ago. It is only there now because it is a topical issue for the cartel to use as a Trojan horse. The issue is control. It was the issue 20 years ago when none of you would listen, and it is the issue now. Don't get hung up on the meat angle.
- Location
- East Sussex
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.
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
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.
BB
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 ) .
- Location
- Yorks
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.
- Location
- Yorks
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
Absolutely, i agree, but where do we start?
What do you propose?
It's a job to know where to start imo!
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 .
Steevo
Member
- Location
- Gloucestershire
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 ?
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...
"Yep, AHDB, NFU and Red Tractor have signed us up to reducing dietary meat/dairy by 20%."
Swarfmonkey
Member
- Location
- Hampshire
WWF is not naïve, and it's certainly not skint (93 million income for WWF-UK last year), so why go into bat for them?
It's about the intersection of interests. Tesco think they can have a larger margin on PBMS (Plant Based Manufactured Shyte, catchy eh?) than they can on meat. WWF has anti livestock zealots at the helm. Therefore both have their interests served.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Steevo
Member
- Location
- Gloucestershire
If the only people who entered SFI put the whole farm in then stopped food production that would rather scupper their plans to source that produce.
Could be a winner in breaking the system.
- Location
- Acton Scott, South Shropshire
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!
Done already!!
This needs doing , asap
nice Contradiction of the NFUs thinking here
left hand doesn’t appear to know what the right hand is doing it seems.
Hypocrites!
