Snowy Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Forgive me if this has already been posted. Here is the link to Hugh FWs campaign website: http://www.chickenout.tv/two-chickens.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 All 4 of us have signed it and it's been forwarded on too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 I have signed up but I have also left a comment on the legislation covering inports of cheap rubbish from abroad my feeling is that unless we stop and or restrict it there is little point in this campaign as supermarkets and ready meal producers will continue to use it and the general public no matter what they say they want will still buy it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Signed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joojoo Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Me too If only people thought a little bit more about where their meat came from and the quality of it's short life instead of saving a couple of £s on their weekly shopping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 (edited) All signed! After seeing Hugh's programme on the telly, where the broiler chicken farmer received less than 3p per chicken, I have not bought anything other than free range! Edited October 13, 2007 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 We're signed up as well. Good point about the imports Louise - I didn't think of doing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 signed Mrs Bertie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanbb Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Signed and forwarded. Both myself and OH got the original e-mail, so lots of people should hopefully now be more aware. Susan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 We have all signed too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy&cake Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 i had a discussion about this with him and the woman running it. I also mentioned BHWT and they said ' yes this is our version' i didnt know there was a version! lol. I signed it at the cottage. although the locals say Hugh shops at tesco, i find it hard to believe xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 All signed! After seeing Hugh's programme on the telly, where the broiler chicken farmer received less than 3p per chicken, I have not bought anything other than free range! That is shocking and very sad Have signed up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 I have signed up too and left a comment saying it should also talk about the farmer's view on this way of farming and why they have to do it to make a living. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Why not stop eating chicken altogether? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Gal Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 I've signed and since I've got my girls it looks like I shall be giving up eating chicken altogether. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 I have signed up but I have also left a comment on the legislation covering inports of cheap rubbish from abroad my feeling is that unless we stop and or restrict it there is little point in this campaign as supermarkets and ready meal producers will continue to use it and the general public no matter what they say they want will still buy it Completely agree louise. If you read a lot of the back of packets in the supermarkets a lot of the chicken comes from Holland or Argentina or Brazil. I bet the majority of the buying public dont even realise! I only buy british as that keeps my hubby in a job!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Gal Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 There's absolutely no need for all this cheap meat in a rich country like this one. It's about time we returned to a country that sold good quality fresh, ethically treated produce, rather than all the mass produced "Ooops, word censored!" food available everywhere. It's no wonder we are becoming an obese nation with the amount of food we can buy, consume and throw away. I know so many people (and I am just as guilty) who load up the supermarket trolley with pounds and pounds worth of cheap food, only for it to end up in the dustbin because we don't really need it, but we buy it because we can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovemychooks Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 I'm all signed up too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmandaR Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Signed up too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Good rants ladies; I'm with you on that Signed up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blonde Chicken Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 All signed up. Thanks for posting the link K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 I totally agree with Louise at al on this one; when the petition about battery hens came up a few months ago here this was the main thrust of my thread- it is pointless to impose on British farmers standards of welfare that only apply to them which inevitably push the production price up. Imports will flood in and undercut domestic producers- an import ban on meat which does not conform to a certain welfare standard is the only way forward but no poltical party will ever have the cojones to put that into practise I'm afraid. Us lovely folk on Omlet may have compassion and ethics at the top of our shopping lists but we are not in the majority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted October 15, 2007 Author Share Posted October 15, 2007 When I was in Brittany nearly every farm had a chicken barn. Speaking to one chap he admitted most are exported to the UK and that any law banning battery farming in the UK would only benefit his business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 That is the point I am trying to make Rhapsody We already have farmers stretched to breaking with welgfare legislation and they then can't sell their products for a decent profit because they are competing with cheap "Ooops, word censored!"y imports I always try to buy british and where not possible I buy for decent countries ie I would buy New Zealand lamb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 hubby said today that he thinks the company he works for may be stopping "standard chicken" altogether which is the type in the normal broiler houses. the company currently does standard, free range and organic and slowly but surely the demand for the latter 2 are growing which means hopefully they will stop the standard. They are a large producer to major supermarkets/brands so if they stopped it maybe others will follow suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
