Dairy Farmer Breaks Down ... This is how we all feel.

[Guest]

""""I agree that the world could and should pay more for their food but farmers cannot blame consumers or retailers. They are looking out for their best interests as is needed. """"

Hold on here ...the Weston family cleared 800 million last year , the year before they admitted to price fixing on bread products for over 10 years....and just the other day received 12 million for a fridge update....


Meanwhile my local store is charging 7 bucks for a 4 litre jug of milk ...while in the city its under five...

God damn right
Where the f#$k is the cheap food
Someone had on here a while ago groceries cost more here than europe ?
Its the companies lilke loblaws that are screwing up the cheap food and then they get rewarded for it

[Ache4Acres]

Loblaws raked in $220 million in profit last quarter...you can’t have cheap food if they’re raking that much off customers

[sumdumguy]

God damn right
Where the f#$k is the cheap food
Someone had on here a while ago groceries cost more here than europe ?
Its the companies lilke loblaws that are screwing up the cheap food and then they get rewarded for it

We travelled Dublin, London, France for two + weeks (by auto) last July. The restaurant meals were priced similar to ours here in the currency of the land. In France, we stopped at every Super Marche that we came across and checked out the local grocery. Super Marche chain seems to have bought out every little small town grocery in France similar to a Coop store in Weyburn and even more rural. The grocery prices seemed about 20-30% higher than ours. We were horrified at one meat counter at a beautiful new Super Marche. The open cut meat was crawling with black flies - Gross! Another interesting observance was that they do not refrigerate their fresh chicken eggs. The eggs just sit out in flats around the store. Course the creme filled baking everywhere were eye-popping. It was a most enjoyable experience, all Agrivillers should have sons who send them to Europe to wander around. 👍 Hotels in France are great fom Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Monaco. Sorry if I bored you - but hope maybe I inspired you to head out right after spraying.

[grassfarmer]

Quite common not to refrigerate eggs in Europe - and there is no need to unless the eggs have been washed. In addition however many hens in Europe are vaccinated against salmonella which they aren't in North America. Would never dream of washing or refrigerating the eggs from our hens on the farm, nature seals them just fine if you don't mess with the coating!

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Quite common not to refrigerate eggs in Europe - and there is no need to unless the eggs have been washed. In addition however many hens in Europe are vaccinated against salmonella which they aren't in North America. Would never dream of washing or refrigerating the eggs from our hens on the farm, nature seals them just fine if you don't mess with the coating!

Yes, in much of Europe, and definitely in Russia, eggs are sold loose non washed, non refrigerated, with a date stamped on. Just place a bunch in a bag and go.