Martin B Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Good newsletter, i feel sorry for sprout after loosing her friend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted April 12, 2006 Author Share Posted April 12, 2006 Yes sad, any farming system that basically 'destroys' an animal in this way after 12 months is wrong so once again the death of a hen is letting everyone know that we must free range and abolish the cages. BBx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Well said buffster! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken on a mission Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 I swapped to organic veg a while back and have felt guilty about it ever since, I should have changed our meat first as vegetable don't suffer Having scoured the internet for additive free meat, my friend who lives in New Zealand told me that a butchers 5 miles up the road from me does free range additive meat only so we are sorted now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Dont feel guilty little steps, one at a time - that's how you get there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motherhen Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 All the studies show that people who make a series of small changes in their lives, rather than a huge change in one fell swoop, are significantly more likely to keep up the changes. So you've been doing things in exactly the right way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Well said!!!! Baby steps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleHen Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 One of the best things about the newsletter is that it made me go and look at the site again - not been there for a while. We're completley free range in any eggs we buy, including when dining out, and also any chicken we eat. But is has made me think harder about all the "hidden" eggs we eat. For instance in pasta. So my next small change will be to try and buy only products that contain free range eggs. I think this will be quite hard - but I'm going to try Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aylana Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Purplehen, I am trying to do the same thing at the moment, cut out all the hidden battery eggs. It is quite hard to do. If I have the money available I buy stuff from Marks and Spencers as they only use free range eggs in their own brand stuff. Good luck to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 We do 90% of our shopping at M and S, so as a amily we cut out most of the hidden battery eggs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleHen Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 We don't have an M&S near us, which is a shame. They have bought site which is great, just on the way home from work, ut haven't developed it yet - it's been unused for about 18 months now and no sign of work yet But we do have a local farm shop which sells organic stuff - so I might investigate their stuff a bit further. However - this shop really is more expensive than M&S, which is a shame. They used to be reasonably priced but have slowly edging the margins up.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 We don't have an M&S near us, which is a shame. They have bought site which is great, just on the way home from work, ut haven't developed it yet - it's been unused for about 18 months now and no sign of work yet But we do have a local farm shop which sells organic stuff - so I might investigate their stuff a bit further. However - this shop really is more expensive than M&S, which is a shame. They used to be reasonably priced but have slowly edging the margins up.... Every shop edges there prices up ocassionally! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Perhaps this could be a new sticky: Free range products? Where people could post the names of products/brands that we know contain free range eggs/meat only? It would be great as a point of reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 I was impressed the other da at the service station on way to Germany, i was looking at the sandwiches availbale and they had normal egg and cress anf free range egg and cress. More of the free range option had gone! This is a good sign. At least they gave you the option! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motherhen Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Perhaps this could be a new sticky: Free range products? Where people could post the names of products/brands that we know contain free range eggs/meat only? It would be great as a point of reference. Great idea, but it would need to be a sticky In fact it's such a good idea I'll start it with a reply I had from the Soil Association Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
