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Food that never rots?

16 August, 2011 by Stonehead 3 Comments

Another day and another quick fix is put before us. This time, we’re told a substance called bisin may be the solution to food poisoning and the waste mountain. According to the Telegraph, bisin’s ability to kill the bacteria that trigger decomposition in fresh proteins may mean that food processors will be able to create […]

Consumerism, Food

Consumerism, Food, postaweek2011, waste

The Telegraph reports that consumers believe pigs have wings.

Consumers do think pigs have wings

14 March, 2011 by Stonehead 10 Comments

People often express surprise when I blog about the attitudes, beliefs and fondly held notions held by many potential customers for our Berkshire pigs and pork. After all, they say, customers can’t be that ignorant or naive, can they? Well, the Daily Telegraph today reports on a survey done for the Meat Trades Journal, to coincide […]

Consumerism

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I must heed Business Studies 101

2 March, 2011 by Stonehead 32 Comments

Whenever I post about the cost of producing pigs or pork, pointing out the huge gulf between the costs we incur and the price customers expect to pay, I always get responses pointing out the errors of my ways and my failure to understand the economics of the market. Today was no different. I published […]

Consumerism, Crofting, Farming & Smallholding

agriculture, Crofting, Economics, Farming, postaweek2011, Smallholding

Some hens are very busy

5 September, 2009 by Stonehead 4 Comments

Australia’s free-range hens have super egg producing powers, producing more eggs than their numbers would suggest is possible. I wonder what the position in the UK is? And I wonder how many free-range or organic pigs in both Australia and the UK manage to produce more than a pig’s worth of meat?

Consumerism

Denied access to our money

15 August, 2009 by Stonehead 35 Comments

The Other Half and I drove up to Huntly this morning to buy a few groceries and fill the Land Rover with diesel. I paid for the groceries in cash, which is my preference as it makes it easier to manage the money day to day, and then we went to the service station. I […]

Consumerism

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