Fair Deal Campaign
-
Recent Posts
- Paving the way for the factory dairy?
- Does Dairy UK represent the interests of dairy farmers or the IDF?
- Dairy farmers should see at least 35p/l as a stepping stone towards the true cost of production calculated for European Milk Board
- Nick Holt-Martyn: it would be “criminal” for retailers not to return more of their gross margin down the supply chain to farmers
- 4. Farmers for Action and the NFU
Fair Deal Council Members
Letters to the press
- British dairy industry in danger: Ian O’Reilly 2011
- Cut price milk? Hardly Fair Trade: Kathleen Calvert, 2011
- Dairy farming problems hit jobs: Dugdale Nutrition
- Electronic tagging of sheep: John Wilson
- Fair retail margin & formula needed to establish minimum price: Kathleen Calvert
- Fair trade for British food producers: B. Panvel
- A refusal to buy cheap milk may now be the only answer: Kathleen Calvert
- The level of discounting in supermarkets is crippling this industry: Ian O’Reilly
- Why farming needs subsidies: Sir Eric Howells
- Why shouldn’t the Fairtrade principle be applied to all food producers? B. Panvel
Fair Deal Food Campaign
Prince Charles advocates a price above the cost of production
Earlier this month, Prince Charles, who values the Fair Deal campaign, delivered a speech on the future of food in the world at Georgetown University.
Set aside the cynics; it is well worth seeing the video clips in the Washington Post , an intro on Youtube or – for the full message – seeing the university’s film [50 mins, with regular unscheduled breaks -] or reading the transcript.
The reference most closely relevant to this particular site’s concern was:
“A sustainable approach . . .includes the need for producers to receive a reasonable price for their labours above the price of production.”
With thanks for the lead to Gerald Miles, farming in Wales.
Posted in Farmgate price