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<blockquote data-quote="traineefarmer" data-source="post: 7521381" data-attributes="member: 89974"><p>It's taking me a long time to catch up with this thread, but this post in particular caught my eye.</p><p></p><p>Option 1 - I feel that we already have this for free with the likes of TFF and those farmers who are active on other social media highlighting issues and engaging in sensible debate. The lack of action from NFU in this area means they will wither on the vine as they fail to keep up with progress in communication.</p><p></p><p>Option 2 - Non starter. Even the big players don't have the financial backup to start something to compete with the NFU's money pit from scratch.</p><p></p><p>Option 3 - This I feel is a very good idea. I was a member of the FSB for several years when I started a small engineering business. I was always impressed by their work and the support offered. Since re-entering agriculture, I haven't seen the need to rejoin as I hadn't seen a significant benefit to a farming business. But, if there are any members on here, it would be interesting to open communication with the FSB to see what they could offer the agricultural sector.</p><p></p><p>One of the big benefits from my membership were the networking events, putting small business owners amongst potential customers who were also small players. Much of the FSB membership will be end users of our products - small shops, cafes, pubs, restaurants, bakeries, butchers, etc. Being amongst them and forging direct sales may give us a route out of the current NFU/RT/Supermarket dominated hell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="traineefarmer, post: 7521381, member: 89974"] It's taking me a long time to catch up with this thread, but this post in particular caught my eye. Option 1 - I feel that we already have this for free with the likes of TFF and those farmers who are active on other social media highlighting issues and engaging in sensible debate. The lack of action from NFU in this area means they will wither on the vine as they fail to keep up with progress in communication. Option 2 - Non starter. Even the big players don't have the financial backup to start something to compete with the NFU's money pit from scratch. Option 3 - This I feel is a very good idea. I was a member of the FSB for several years when I started a small engineering business. I was always impressed by their work and the support offered. Since re-entering agriculture, I haven't seen the need to rejoin as I hadn't seen a significant benefit to a farming business. But, if there are any members on here, it would be interesting to open communication with the FSB to see what they could offer the agricultural sector. One of the big benefits from my membership were the networking events, putting small business owners amongst potential customers who were also small players. Much of the FSB membership will be end users of our products - small shops, cafes, pubs, restaurants, bakeries, butchers, etc. Being amongst them and forging direct sales may give us a route out of the current NFU/RT/Supermarket dominated hell. [/QUOTE]
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