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Michael Gove speech @ OFC - Farming for the Next Generation
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<blockquote data-quote="Bill the Bass" data-source="post: 4653320" data-attributes="member: 1559"><p>regardless of elections and who may be in charge I would say there are some givens;</p><p>1) Direct support will end</p><p>2) Any support will be capped (I hope this extends to the NGO's who take a subsidy payment and also charge the public to enter their properties thereby making them pay twice)</p><p>3) Public funds will be focused on the Environment.</p><p></p><p>The things I took exception to;</p><p>1) The direct reference to encouraging more people to eat plant based protein instead of meat, this is not the governments role, there should be freedom of choice.</p><p>2) The inference about public health and food; I found this crass and simplistic. It is not the fault of farmers or the food industry that many people choose to; eat ready meals, smoke, drink too much and get too little exercise and have very little knowledge about food, ingredients and balanced diets or indeed seek to reduce their expenditure on food at the expense of their health.</p><p></p><p>Here is my live example; Last night we picked up a bit of shopping. On choosing a chicken we had three options; a standard British Chicken at about £3.45, an organic British Chicken at about £6.40 and a Woodland Trust endorsed, free range chicken at about £11. We picked the cheapest one. Is it the farmers fault if that Chicken, or the way it was produced causes us health problems? The farmer is simply reacting to the market. How many other people would buy an even cheaper chicken in order to be able to afford their Sky, fags, booze, two holidays, BMW on drip, curved Samsung TV, Smart phone or whatever is their poison?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bill the Bass, post: 4653320, member: 1559"] regardless of elections and who may be in charge I would say there are some givens; 1) Direct support will end 2) Any support will be capped (I hope this extends to the NGO's who take a subsidy payment and also charge the public to enter their properties thereby making them pay twice) 3) Public funds will be focused on the Environment. The things I took exception to; 1) The direct reference to encouraging more people to eat plant based protein instead of meat, this is not the governments role, there should be freedom of choice. 2) The inference about public health and food; I found this crass and simplistic. It is not the fault of farmers or the food industry that many people choose to; eat ready meals, smoke, drink too much and get too little exercise and have very little knowledge about food, ingredients and balanced diets or indeed seek to reduce their expenditure on food at the expense of their health. Here is my live example; Last night we picked up a bit of shopping. On choosing a chicken we had three options; a standard British Chicken at about £3.45, an organic British Chicken at about £6.40 and a Woodland Trust endorsed, free range chicken at about £11. We picked the cheapest one. Is it the farmers fault if that Chicken, or the way it was produced causes us health problems? The farmer is simply reacting to the market. How many other people would buy an even cheaper chicken in order to be able to afford their Sky, fags, booze, two holidays, BMW on drip, curved Samsung TV, Smart phone or whatever is their poison? [/QUOTE]
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