A couple of recent articles of interest:
News in Farmers Weekly of how one company is dropping dairy producers providing 'low volumes of milk' - wonder how this fits with other pushes towards supporting farmers to move towards stock levels that build soil and regenerate rivers...
Plus a useful article from The Guardian explaining the cost to the consumer and the producer of huge food corporations, and how we might break monopolies up.
There is legal power in the UK to do this, and we have power too - in the choices we make with our purchases.
- Use our list to find and purchase good food direct in Herefordshire
- Gather and grow with others - we'll be connecting with community growing projects more and more in 2024
- Help us find out more about great local food that keeps money IN the local economy, and help us shout about it! Get in touch if you want to be involved.
Photo: Scarecrows outside parliament, part of a campaign to get supermarkets to adopt fairer principles for British farmers, London, 22 January 2024. Photograph: David Parry/PA