tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post8064086051312095531..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Pessimism, and some kissesKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-61464958405224301342015-07-27T03:10:27.524+02:002015-07-27T03:10:27.524+02:00I always like the people my cat likes. Animals hav...I always like the people my cat likes. Animals have an innate way of knowing the people who are animal lovers. <br />I hope the farmer's life will improve somehow in France.Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-35490497609370486922015-07-26T21:08:54.587+02:002015-07-26T21:08:54.587+02:00LOL ... grape growers .... they don't exactly ...LOL ... grape growers .... they don't exactly grow wine , do they ? :) Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-40677110587458929482015-07-26T21:08:17.248+02:002015-07-26T21:08:17.248+02:00
Cheek and ear kisses always help. How terrible fo...<br />Cheek and ear kisses always help. How terrible for French wine growers to be having hard times and all those rules that control them.<br />Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-53847858246258665152015-07-26T18:59:07.069+02:002015-07-26T18:59:07.069+02:00I wonder if the farmers can organize so they have ...I wonder if the farmers can organize so they have some power against the big chains?<br /><br />I imagine Califronia grape growers are facing similar problems given the drought situation, which is state-wide.<br /><br />Here in LA we are lucky to have 3 farmers markets a week, within a couple blocks, where family farms bring in their produce. It's always the same families, so you get to know them...tomatoes that taste like tomatoes, etc. vs what you get at a supermarket. But farms will have to cut back water usage too according to reports.<br />Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-48620748553372934722015-07-26T16:31:13.321+02:002015-07-26T16:31:13.321+02:00Small farmers are having it tough everywhere. Bet...Small farmers are having it tough everywhere. Between big agribusiness and the government, they really don't have much of chance here in the USA. Throw the weather in that mix such as the drought in California and we are really in trouble. I try to buy mainly organic and non-GMO food which will get much harder to do if H.R. 1599 slides through the Senate like it did the House. The bill is better know as the DARK Act. With Big Ag and Monsanto behind it, I know it is not good for me! One representative from NC voted against it. I've started looking into becoming an Expat myself!Galestormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09561727439124466050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-78785216036366522742015-07-26T13:28:51.093+02:002015-07-26T13:28:51.093+02:00One of the worst food miles is Boots sandwiches......One of the worst food miles is Boots sandwiches...<br />a bread factory in Scotland trucks the sliced loaves to the place in Kent or Surrey...<br />forget exactly which... that has the sandwich making contract...<br />and all the packed sandwiches are then taken to Boots grand distribution centre in the Midlands.<br />I'm sure that they can do much better on a local contract basis...<br />but they'd probably have to employ more people to oversee the logistics!!<br />TLe Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-67173992123769151452015-07-26T12:51:58.940+02:002015-07-26T12:51:58.940+02:00i loved hearing about how he wanted to see Callie ...i loved hearing about how he wanted to see Callie and how she likes him. but i swear i read this as "persimmons" and i thought it was about fruit and kisses. <br />:-)Ohiofarmgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02606563929369721111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-37179527876395534292015-07-26T09:12:37.803+02:002015-07-26T09:12:37.803+02:00UK farmers are also in a mess, not because of the ...UK farmers are also in a mess, not because of the weather but the stranglehold the supermarkets have on their business. <br />When I see our motorways jammed with lorries taking cheap food from one distribution point to another I can't help thinking I preferred the old days, when you only got what was in season, available locally or grown at home.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-79806300517442888832015-07-26T08:25:10.373+02:002015-07-26T08:25:10.373+02:00As a cereal farmer he's actually better off in...As a cereal farmer he's actually better off in terms of subsidies than if he were a livestock farmer. This weather has caused problems with the summer crop, but the winter crop (wheat and barley at any rate) should be fantastic. In France the big problem farmers are experiencing is that mostly they are small scale peasant operations. They are competing against industrial farming even within the EU (Germany is getting a lot of criticism because of their laws which allow the most industrial type of modern farming and their labour laws which mean that until recently farm workers didn't even get a minimum wage, much less all the other ways they can be exploited.) It's not just the supermarkets raking it in, there are all sorts of intermediaries now between the farm and the consumer and they all need their cut. Again it's a product of industrial farming. One disadvantage cereal farmers have in the modern market is that it is more difficult for them to develop a local clientele. Livestock farmers can choose to stay small and bypass the intermediaries by selling local very often. Another problem the supermarkets cause is a consumer perception that food should be cheap and that buying outside the supermarket system is expensive. Consumer spending on food has dropped from 40% of household income to 15% in a few decades.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-44473873966395257462015-07-26T08:13:52.824+02:002015-07-26T08:13:52.824+02:00I should have added I didn't think the Waltons...I should have added I didn't think the Waltons got rich <i>en léchant les murs</i>.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-24359029109949366932015-07-26T08:04:46.137+02:002015-07-26T08:04:46.137+02:00I wonder if weather conditions, which are so impor...I wonder if weather conditions, which are so important and critical for farmers and agriculture at large, have any impact on dividends paid to the investors of <i>grande distribution</i>.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.com