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Food price rises equals unrest

25 August, 2011 by Stonehead 1 Comment

Researchers often seem to spend copious amounts of time discovering the bleedingly obvious. Today, it’s been reported that a link has been found between high food prices and social unrest. Well, you could have knocked me down with a feather. I hadn’t realised the connection between famine, high food prices and the French Flour War […]

Food

Agribusiness, agriculture, Consumerism, Farming, Food, Politics, postaweek2011

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

Cruelty arising from efficiency

5 August, 2011 by Stonehead 0 Comments

When the Telegraph recently ran a story on the abuse of animals at an Essex slaughterhouse, most of commentary in the media focused on the appalling nature of the treatment inflicted on the animals. To my mind, the commentary missed the point—that the abuse is in large part down to the sheer scale of modern […]

Livestock, Pigs

agriculture, Animal welfare, Berkshire pigs, Consumerism, Farming, Livestock, postaweek2011

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

butcher, Consumerism, consumers, Meat, Media, Pork, postaweek2011, Telegraph

Customers demand unrealistic assurances

4 January, 2011 by Stonehead 10 Comments

We continue to get customers who expect us to offer assurances that litters of weaners will be available on specific dates, in specific numbers and of specific sexes. When I explain that it is not possible for any livestock operation to give those assurances, especially months in advance, the customers retort that they will find […]

Pigs

Berkshire pigs, Consumerism, consumers, customers, Livestock, Pigs

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