Wiliam, the local people in African countries are starving because of
war, corrupt government etc., not because of Western investment.
Without that investment, they would be even worse off.
Cheers,
Nathan
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On Oct 16, 2009, at 5:13 PM, Wiliam Wagenaar wrote:
> 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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