| Archive for Downsizer For an ethical approach to consumption |
| cinders |
Norfolk farm exposedhttp://www.fivetvonline.tv/news.php?news=639 |
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| jocorless |
Dreadful truly dreadful - those poor birds - It really upsets me when I see how my 4 ex-batt's used to be kept but that is in some ways even worse | ||||
| dpack |
that place does not meet any decent standards for animal care |
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| vegplot |
That's weird. We used to keep hens in a barn (much better conditions than that of the farm in the clip) but I can now smell the smell. Amazing what gets stored in memory.
Those conditions while being bad aren't as bad as some are kept in but there's no excuse. RSCPA need to be answer questions as well. |
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| cinders |
34mls away from me and i'm wandering where my eggs come from.I buy from a stand in my village and another stand 8mls away.Plus any free range product i buy in the shop | ||||
| JB |
From the RSPCA web site
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Which doesn't say that they have to be either free range or even barn eggs let alone organic. As they say they are primarily concerned with welfare which frankly could be satisfied by almost any intensive chicken farm. "Freedom food" has long had a reputation as a way for producers to portray themselves as something they are not and frankly it's surprising that the RSPCA lend their name to something like this (just have a google for freedom food, scam, deception, fraud etc and you'll find a fair amount of discussion about it) Probably the only thing that farm could actually be accused of would be labelling the eggs as free range. Even though it is intensive production and has failed some of the freedom foods standards those are still so low that they probably meet enough of those standards to gain that accrediatation. Of course what we will now see is that this will be used as an accusation to bring against all free range production. |
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| Rob R |
We looked at Freedom Food registration- it looked a lot of money for a label & instead went for WFA- the label is a lot cheaper & you can come to the farm & inspect for yourself (the only way I would trust any food label would be if they allow you to do that). | ||||
| hardworkinghippy |
Shocking, really awful conditions and a very sad situation.
I totally agree Rob labels don't mean much at all. Self-certification is the very best way of ensuring that your farm meets your clients' standards. All farms should be open farms... |
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| Pel |
Freedom foods isnt bad, they do have quite high standards.
Work is certified freedom foods, and on welfare standards, as in could the animal get hurt, or be exposed to harm is higher than organic (the farm is also certified organic with SA). Its also an open farm, (well not as open as a LEAF farm), well it would have to be being a National trust farm. edited: However only cattle, sheep and pigs are kept on the farm, so i wouldn't know the standards for poultry. |