Boycott supermarkets over milk prices, says Bishop's Castle councillor
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
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Charlotte Barnes, the Liberal Democrat councillor for Bishop's Castle in Shropshire and also the party's candidate for the Ludlow constituency in May's general election, is encouraging people not to buy milk from stores that fail to pay a fair price to local farmers.
She told the Shropshire Star:
“The long term problem has been the supermarket’s strangle-hold on prices – this is what has pushed our dairy industry into long term decline.
“It’s clear from the research that prices paid vary widely with some paying particularly low sums to farmers.”Interestingly, Charlotte has suggested using the Fairtrade Mark on British produce.
Some will simply welcome the lower prices, but I take this campaign (which echoes Farm Aid in America) as another sign that the Big Supermarket Economy, which has seemed unstoppable for 30 years or more, is running into trouble.
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