‘Farmers effectively get bullied’ | Supermarkets urged to help British agriculture 'on its knees'

[@jonnychris4070]

Supermarkets chasing their ESG and DEI index scores to measure how "Good" they are while treating those who help generate their income like dirt. They, the super markets, are despicable.

[@brianpotter3870]

Supermarkets have done this for years, ripping off their suppliers and their customers, profits are obscene. Recent price rises have shown their true colours, unscrupulous.

[@PaddyDoesasia-bj3bb]

So you are a lefty socialist then

[@edaleman2758]

That’s how capitalism works dude, you screw as much money out of the system as you can

[@razahasanovic3723]

Same here in Australia. Food being delivered from all over the place. Including lemon from Egypt

[@marlowwhite7163]

It would be awesome be able to buy straight from the farm 😊

[@PaddyDoesasia-bj3bb]

You already can. Just go to a farmers market, they are all over the place, just a hell of a lot more expensive

[@wdsmauglir4683]

All of us are held to ransom by the Supermarkets, profit above all is the motto!

[@PaddyDoesasia-bj3bb]

Socialist

[@billybowen3023]

I work on a farm. Price of milk is the same has it was 6 years ago. Might even go back to the same price has 2004 in the spring if forecast are right. I'm not striking I like my job and the cows BUT why do the supermarkets pass on this??? it 40% less now than before covid. And to point out are costs are up to.🤷‍♂️

[@razahasanovic3723]

Farmers are more important then your government. Boycott your supermarkets and support your local farmers or you will lose them and you they will starve you. Klaus Swab is on the mission 😂

[@DarrenSmith-zz6fk]

When the debt market implodes credit markets freeze no transactions will be able to take place credit cards won't work and your ATMs will not work people will be glad of their local farmers let's all boycott supermarkets with immediate affect

[@juliamarple3058]

I noticed New Zealand lamb being promoted at half price in my local Morrisons with the British lamb being very expensive and almost untouched :((. I am a small sheep farmer and was finding it difficult to sale my stock at a decent price. I was told that there was not much market :((. However, no problem for New Zealand lamb :((. I saw one of the managers walking towards me and I really got on my soapbox and complained. After that the following week I only saw British lamb on sale and at a reduced price. I was only receiving about £2.90 per kilo , yet the shops sales lamb for around £17.00 per kilo :(( . Morrisons listened and made the effort to support British. They do great fish and chips too 😊

[@johnhickman2033]

In France, it's far more transparent. The food industry is fully supported locally.

[@marsupiomarsupi4421]

In November 2018 France was ranked "World's most food sustainable country": "France's aggressive measures to tackle food waste, *promote healthy lifestyles* and adopt eco-farming techniques helped it top a ranking of nations,.. The Netherlands, Canada, Finland and Japan rounded out the top fives, in an index published by the Economist Intelligence Unit, which assesses their food sustainability.. The US and Britain failed to make the top 20 of 67 nations that were graded on food waste, sustainable agriculture, and health and nutrition.. "France has been in the vanguard of policies and measures to reduce such losses.. France is showing that "improvements in agricultural performance should not come at the expense of environmental and social conditions," said Martin Koehring, the index's author.. Britain had high greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and it also scored poorly on water management, Koehring said. .. France also topped the index last year."

[@johnhickman2033]

I should have said that the local farmers are fully supported by the big supermarkets to make it clearer.

[@lumpyfishgravy]

That's what the CAP was invented for. Shame it doesn't benefit anyone else.

[@PaddyDoesasia-bj3bb]

You mean France that is in the EU?

[@roberthiggins6401]

​@@johnhickman2033how it should be. Good on France.

[@Aquila-sz8pl]

Big corporations are the problem.

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

Great Replacement and kalergi plan gathers pace . .. . .!

[@sandman8920]

Yes farmers are on the brink but so is the whole country

[@edaleman2758]

Farmers are massive Tories and voted for Brexit and stupidly thought the system would look after them

[@QisGoogle]

@@edaleman2758That’s the biggest lie I’ve read today! What utter bs! I’m from a farming community & despite the odd Tory voter, everyone I know supports LibDems & did not support Brexit. Liar.

[@edaleman2758]

@@QisGoogle 😂

[@DarrenSmith-zz6fk]

We can help farmers who can help us with good healthy food its a win win imagine a global credit freeze no transactions can take place ATMs don't work credit cards won't work eather shops will be closed because everything runs on credit farmers will accept labour for food if you have real money gold and silver can't bankrupt and has no counterparty risk unlike fiat currencies which are going to be worthless without farmers how do you feed your family

[@PaddyDoesasia-bj3bb]

​@@QisGoogle Bulls**t

[@DarrenSmith-zz6fk]

We need to back our local farmers cut out supermarkets they have to set up market shops sell direct to the consumers

[@PaddyDoesasia-bj3bb]

They already do, just at twice the price

[@dee2251]

More Farmers markets and cut out the greedy supermarket giants. I’m sure farmers could all get together and organise these markets, then sell to us directly at lower prices and keep more of the profits. Markets would help regenerate dying town centres.

[@PaddyDoesasia-bj3bb]

Socialist

[@dee2251]

@@PaddyDoesasia-bj3bb on the contrary. I voted Conservative. I just think Farmers and Consumers should get a better deal and isn’t Conservative values all about a competitive market? 🙄

[@DarrenSmith-zz6fk]

Absolutely agree with you we can set up a local barter system example real money gold and silver can't bankrupt and has no counterparty risk for good produce beef chicken eggs milk

[@PaddyDoesasia-bj3bb]

@dee2251 Obviously, you are because you are against capitalism or don't understand what it is

[@PaddyDoesasia-bj3bb]

@DarrenSmith-zz6fk Get a grip of yourself and live in reality

[@lumpyfishgravy]

We could do with a proper choice in the UK. Right now you have the supermarkets - and a farm shop if you're lucky. There needs to be something in the middle capable of striking a good deal for both consumers and producers. Something you can depend on to have a decent range and isn't just a tourist shop. And what about street markets? They just sell imported tat. The few stalls offering food are foreign and a wee bit expensive once everything's accounted for.

[@juliamarple3058]

I noticed a market stall person buying a lot of oranges, etc., in Aldi, then he sales them at the next market double the price for profit. So why go to the markets ?

[@andynotdave]

I remember when we were encouraged to buy British milk and British bacon. I supported it religiously (even though it cost a tad more). Lots of my friends and family supported the move to supporting our own farmers. We need to see where our food is made and grown

[@richardlewis1539]

My milk price has fallen by over 30% this year, yet the uk is only 65% sufficient in dairy . However food inflation is still happening, domestic food producers are hammered because they are actually subsidising the now expensive imports to maintain supermarkets obscene profits

[@widervision710]

The UK needs to flex its Brexit freedoms and help get farmers a better worthwhile deal, it can be done if the UK knew how to harvest its Brexit potential .......

[@edaleman2758]

😂😂😂

[@PaddyDoesasia-bj3bb]

A better deal with who?

[@widervision710]

@@PaddyDoesasia-bj3bb with the farmers, it's a tough occupation at the best of times, give them a better incentive & level the playing field using Brexit freedoms .....

[@PaddyDoesasia-bj3bb]

@widervision710 What deal with the farmers? What incentives? What does Level playing field mean? What brexit freedoms do farmers have? To be honest you are just posting sound bites!

[@widervision710]

@@PaddyDoesasia-bj3bb Farmers have been jacked even more since the Brexit dream. Farmers need incentives to make their occupation sustainable UK has the Brexit dream at its disposal, it can level the playing field if it desires? Farmers need an edge to compete with giant supermarkets.....

[@cavendish009]

I would love to know that I can buy ENGLISH produce - I thought I was ???!!!!

[@PaddyDoesasia-bj3bb]

The uk imports 80% of its food requirements

[@DarrenSmith-zz6fk]

My advice is get to know your local farmer as soon as you can they are going to be so vital in the coming credit based meltdown

[@stevenmccorkindale4684]

I like this farmer and agree with him but I have to tell myself he's not actually Paul Whitehouse.

[@PhilipMarcYT]

That farmer kind of looks like John Schneider (from the Dukes of Hazzard). Wow. Schneider might have British DNA, and definitely German. End of off-topic.

[@sandman8920]

😂 random

[@choppercam01]

He's the British Bo Duke 😂

[@alanshaw8879]

I never knowingly buy E U veg those dreadfull tasteless watery tomatoes,dried out stuff they send here.closley check your labels,trying to hide origion.

[@roberthiggins6401]

Food shouldn't be taxes at all! It's essential not a bloody luxury other than sweets and cakes.

[@alisonbrown1841]

Westminster putting threw 20 miles an hr nationally and petition end date is tomorrow 70,000 need another 30,000.

[@jillrossiter8757]

Why do we have advocados from Peru? And yes, if we can grow apples, pears and apples from UK

[@duncans4186]

it would be good with the internet now if farmers could supply direct to the consumer and boycott the big chains as they are replacing all their. staff with machines

[@MARTINA-gc3tq]

Farmers on their knees…..because their pockets are so full of money. Grants paid for by the taxpayers for just owning land and putting a fence round it.

[@ljo642]

Try Aldi next time, Mr F. They label the origin of their fruit very clearly.

[@DarrenSmith-zz6fk]

Let's see if lidl has food items in store when the credit based system meltdown farmers will have some produce let's get behind them for their sakes and ours

[@ColonelKurtz69]

To low class for Nigella

[@andrewcole4843]

As with the political oligarchy in banking there is a need for trade and industry rebalancing of power, directly and perhaps with tax breaks for cooperative approaches.

[@PaddyDoesasia-bj3bb]

Socialist

[@Mrblazed420]

People dont tend to care were its from they care more about the cost

[@DarrenSmith-zz6fk]

People need to understand that the global financial system runs on credit what happens when the coming debt market meltdown occurs simple ATMs won't work credit and debit cards will stop working deliveries won't be made to supermarkets fuel will be unattainable farmers will accept your labour for food if you have silver they will take it they understand that it's real money can't bankrupt and has no counterparty risk fiat currencies have counterparty risk

[@jim-es8qk]

Farmers have made pretty large profits since we voted to leave. It only changing now because energy prices have rocketed and the pound is recovering.

[@abacussin]

How is being paid 3 pence for a litre of milk a large profit exactly?

[@neilhedley6080]

And unfortunately the market for selling in the EU has come to a standstill

[@topfuelteddy]

We can't produce enough for ourselves 😂

[@drdeadred851]

Why do we care if stuff realistically as worthless as basic food stuffs is being imported? Farms here are and have been for decades vastly worse economically than pretty much anywhere else, we would be a lot better off all of us if we did just import cheaper food that we're not also then blasting vast amounts of money to subsidise it as we are with farmers here. This is like complaining we dont have enough sweatshops in the UK making paperclips. Surly we would want to export low paying jobs overseas where such jobs are actually viable for people rather than have them here where no one could actually afford to do them without vast amounts of tax payer money propping them up.

[@topfuelteddy]

Thats why Farmers drive round in new Range Rovers , whilst me as a factory worker drives my 13 year old Mazda . They are always pleading poverty .

[@juliamarple3058]

They invest a huge amount and work seven days a week.

[@drdeadred851]

Calling them bullied when their given such a vast amount of subsidies is just silly. Farmers are effectively the new miners in that their pretty much dependent on tax payer money while being vastly worse than counter parts overseas, with all the support for them being done entirely for buying votes. Farmers are frankly too highly valued, they get given vast amounts of money for doing near nothing in numerous cases. Let them run an honest business where they win or fail based on their own merits and ability, not on how much they can get people to pity fund them having a zero value lifestyle at tax payer expense. Even if we really dont want to cut regualtion to help them do so, just allowing all the dead weight worthless ones to fail would help the others succeed. Plus the land going up for sale would greatly help with general development for the country rather than being used to just be paid to grow worthless crap like straw to be burnt in a power station which happens to an absolutely disgusting degree. Would be cheaper to just throw banknotes into the power stations.

[@edaleman2758]

Farmers complaining about capitalism😂😂😂😂😂

[@DarrenSmith-zz6fk]

I'm supporting my local farmer wait until we have a debt market meltdown credit freeze event no longer will you be able to take cash out of the ATMs can't swipe your credit/debit card shops will be shut understand that we live in a debt based system everything runs on credit farmers will become precious then have no cash swap labour for food if you have gold and silver you can transact silver will be useful in the next financial crisis gold is for opportunity farmers need us now lets not waste the opportunity it will be life or death

[@nicolass7102]

Brexit disaster

[@ColonelKurtz69]

"High wage economy" lol