Just as the banks are 'too big to fail', so Britain's struggling dairy farmers are 'too small to save', writes Simon Fairlie. And it's not just the government that's happy to see 16 dairy farms go the wall every week - it's also the National Farmers Union to which most pay their dues. The NFU's paradoxical response to the milk glut is to push for ever higher, more intensive milk production.
Government and NFU betray Britain's dairy farmers Simon Fairlie The Land | 15th August 2015 News Food Farming Politics Economics cows-dorset-cut.jpg Just as the banks are 'too big to fail', so …
100 years ago a new political movement swept across Europe, as a vision of agrarian democracy gripped a newly emancipated peasantry, writes Simon Fairlie. Betrayed by dogmatic socialists and crushed under the Nazi boot, it failed to leave a lasting mark on history. But could its time be coming once again?
… are idealised by latterday peasants, nature conservationists and the Prince of Wales. …