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Taxpayers Forking Out £700 Million for Factory Farming in England


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Kim
- 237 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Taxpayers are paying hundreds of millions to Europe every year to fund a factory farming system that is wiping out rainforests and making climate change worse, environmentalists have claimed.
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Melva H. (73)
Thursday May 7, 2009, 9:36 am
And exactly when did this begin?? Does President Obama know about it? How long till it can be stopped?
 

Kim stands for PEACE (141)
Thursday May 7, 2009, 9:42 am
Calm down darlin', it's in ENGLAND, not the USA. Although... that being said; I wonder how much big agri-bu$$ine$$ gets from the US govt. for their factory farming, both within the US & without!
It's time for citizens to take control of our food supply, get rid of all factory farms and mega-farms! Small, family farms offer sustainability and less food miles.
Thanx to all who have noted!
 

JASMIN HORST S. (12)
Sunday May 10, 2009, 2:43 pm
It makes you wonder, how far removed some of these parlaimentarians are from real life, and what is important to the majority, it's certainly not factory farms, how could they spent their taxpayers money so frivolously, and with such disregard to the harm thes farms have brought in other parts of the world. Listen to your constituents before you spend their money, inform them first of the impact of such farming methods.
 

Kim stands for PEACE (141)
Monday May 11, 2009, 5:40 am
Jasmin...you're spot on! Those in power are so far removed from reality, they haven't a clue what's important to citizens.
It seems here in the UK politicians think nothing about wasting tax monies.The on-going scandal concerning 'allowances' these politicians can claim while the average 'Joe & Jane' struggle to make ends meet is nothing short of fraud.
Not much different to other countries where those in power abuse the system.

Thanx to all who have noted & posted. Because of you... this has reached the 'front page'!
Peace! :D
 
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