So true Iwert, we buy locally whenever we can also. But here the farmes
charge almost as much as the super markets:-(
Come to think of farming I remember that european food corporations are
producing fruit in Afrika where it is cheaper to produce while the local
people there are almost starving from hunger. I even believe that this
is paid for with EU tax money. Saomeone can verify or deny, I am sure.
Wiliam
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: iwert bernakiewicz [mailto:zuikooh@xxxxxxxxx]
> Verzonden: vrijdag 16 oktober 2009 12:05
> Aan: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Onderwerp: Re: [OM] IMG: Nathan's PAW 40: sunny Spain and
> rainy Belgium
>
>
> I like the house skeletons... About the farmers, I'm living
> in a small town in a rural area and heave quite some farmer
> friends. I really understand their anger. If you would know
> what they get for their products and the relation to the
> final price you would be terrified. I really admire the
> farmers, which are doing hard work out on the fields, rain or
> not, and taking care for our basic needs. My father has a
> blueberry field, when we go to the fruit auction we can get
> an average of 2 euro a kilo. For that price you have to buy
> the auctioneers little boxes, packaging, etc, etc... Then you
> see them at carrefour (there is an identification
> number) for 2,5 euro for 100 grams. That is more than ten
> times the price we get bruto, and twenty times the price if
> we count in our own cost. So we stopped going to the auction
> houses, searched for direct customers and now sell for a
> standard price of 8 euro a kilo all season long. we get 4
> times the price and the customers get one third the price.
> You see this happening here locally more and more, and if I
> go shopping @ the farms (which we do a lot) we support the
> farmers and still get our fresh fruit and vegetables for far
> less than the supermarket. Farmers can do this on a small
> scale for the local market and for fruit, vegetables and
> sometimes meat, but if you are into milk, things change: you
> can only sell to big corporations which dictate the price, so
> no, the farmers don't have to be paid by tax money, but they
> should get a fair price for what they do. If you'ld have had
> a decline in income of 30 - 50% in the last 5 years you
> wouldn't be happy either. Il'd rather have happy farmers than
> rich multinationals :).
>
> I know apple farmers which started selling directly and can
> now live a decent life in stead of living in a few rooms
> inside the barn. But it takes courage to sell directly, and
> you need the contacts, farmers are not managers mostly...
>
> Iwert
>
> 2009/10/16 Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > Last week I was on a very short trip to Brussels, drove around
> > Alicante with my sister, and of course continued my daily hunt for
> > images. It is all here:
> >
> > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws/?page_id=294
> >
> > And as always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
> >
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