On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:36:36 +0100
Graeme Wall wrote:
True, but its unlikely to happen. If brussels dropped its subsidies for all
european farmers the supermarkets would have no choice to pay the proper
price and the consumer would be no worse off - in theory - since what he
loses
in higher food prices he gains in lower taxes. Or at least thats how it would
work if Brussels were an honest open institution and not a bunch of lazy
money grabbing incompetents.


Have you been in a supermarket lately and seen where they source their
fresh produce from?

I'm talking about staple foods , not mung beans or couscous or whatever. They
can't get all their milk, wheat, potatoes etc from guatamala. Even new zealand
lamb is seasonal.

B2003