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Post by JennyWrenn on Feb 24, 2013 16:49:02 GMT
I wonder if anyone on the Board is favouring their local Farm Shop instead of the local Supermarket I popped in today and was pleasantly surprised to see it was really busy and many cars in their parking area I bought some local chicken, beef, milk, eggs, potatoes, veggies, bread and cakes - all from Cheshire and the Farm Shop's own cattle and poultry The owner says they are seeing many new faces since all the scares about the horse meat My two chicken legs were exactly the same price as two from Sainsburys so the cost was no more Have always been a fan of the small shopkeeper so was really pleased to see this shop doing so well And the Cashier did not ask me if i wanted "any help with my packin'"  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 24, 2013 17:27:17 GMT
I am pleased that you brought this up Jen as I do try all the time to help the smaller places. Our farm shop is attached to a rather large firm but they do retain the wonderful "small" atmosphere. The smell of vegetables and fruit when you go in is wonderful...no meat except for some cut meats for bread in a small fridge....everything is locally grown as well!!
I get my seed spuds from there and my onion plants etc...marvellous place.
I do hope that the local farm shops keep going...
RF
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 26, 2013 6:04:14 GMT
Perhaps this horsemeat scare will bring people back to their local farmshop. I would go to one if I could but there are'nt any near me.
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 26, 2013 6:19:23 GMT
Perhaps this horsemeat scare will bring people back to their local farmshop. I would go to one if I could but there are'nt any near me. Horsemeat is eaten a fair bit on this side of the water and I have even eaten a horse bratwurst myself - very tasty infact Ladygardener. There is a stall on the market which sells pure horsemeat. I don't think it is so much the fact that it is horse meat that is the problem - it is the poor quality meat perhaps and if they have had medicines etc...plus if you want beef then I would expect to get beef and not something else.. We have a massive egg dispute here at the moment as Bio eggs are apparently not Bio anymore - they are just being sold under that name...so people are spending double the amount for cheap eggs basically. At least with the farm shops we can follow back as to where they came from... RF |
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Post by Geranium on Feb 26, 2013 6:59:48 GMT
Our nearest farm shop has closed down - it might reopen later under new management. Fingers crossed! Yes, Rosefriend, it's all to do with horses having jabs - although the meat might not be contaminated, it could be, so it could be dangerous for some people. In the UK too, we seem to have an aversion to eating horses...I don't think I'd want to! |
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 26, 2013 7:06:37 GMT
Somehow a horse isn't on the same level as a cow is it Geranium - daft because it is but we don't see it that way. Here is Europe a lot of horse meat is eaten but as you say it is what they have been injected with before hand that makes it good meat. I don''t think any of this is a danger just a damn cheek to declare stuff that isn't want it should be... At least in the Farm shops there is mostly a label as to where it has come from, whether it be cut meats, eggs or fruit and veg...well in our Farm shop anyway.. Support there are always going to be people wanting to make a huge profit at the sake of others!! RF |
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Post by Geranium on Feb 26, 2013 7:14:42 GMT
There's also the deceit involved. I was a bit surprised to read that France has also withdrawn some products that had horsemeat in them, as they do happily eat horse! However, it could be the drug issue again I suppose.
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Post by JennyWrenn on Feb 26, 2013 8:32:40 GMT
It is just the idea of eating horses that doesn't appeal to me and not knowing where my produce has come from The Farm Shop on Sunday was really busy and just one space left in their parking area. The hens and a very handsome cockerel running around free and the sheep, pigs and goats are there for the children to look at plus a very interesting gaggle of geese who inspect your shopping basket when you leave = maybe they wanted to know if they could "help with my packin' " Didn't have "Supermarket Stress" when I left When the warmer weather arrives they sell their own home made ice cream on picnic tables they have outside and they have a huge display of home made soft drinks am sure Mr and Mrs FB would like them - they are partial to their elderberry tipples Very pleased to have found this lovely shop and sorry Lady you don't have any close by - there are quite a number in my area so let us hope more and more will set up  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 26, 2013 8:38:10 GMT
Perhaps this horsemeat scare will bring people back to their local farmshop. I would go to one if I could but there are'nt any near me. Horsemeat is eaten a fair bit on this side of the water and I have even eaten a horse bratwurst myself - very tasty infact Ladygardener. There is a stall on the market which sells pure horsemeat. I don't think it is so much the fact that it is horse meat that is the problem - it is the poor quality meat perhaps and if they have had medicines etc...plus if you want beef then I would expect to get beef and not something else.. We have a massive egg dispute here at the moment as Bio eggs are apparently not Bio anymore - they are just being sold under that name...so people are spending double the amount for cheap eggs basically. At least with the farm shops we can follow back as to where they came from... RF Yes you are right, with cows and pigs and chickens there are very strict rules about what they've received in terms of medication and anti biotics etc..... I''ve eaten Goat meat regularly when i lived in London but folks here at home thought I was crazy. They just had'nt tasted my stew. As to the eggs, I always buy free range as they're called here. I'm guessing your Bio are something similar. I'd be annoyed too if I ended up paying so much more for something that was'nt if you know what I mean. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 26, 2013 10:08:02 GMT
For us it is a little more complicated in Germany Ladygardener (trust the Germans!!)... we have:- 0 - oekologische (bio)haltung - no more than 6 hens/m2 and no more than 3000 in a stall, no medicine, bio food. 1 - frelandhaltung (free range) - same as the UK I would think. 2 - Bodenhaltung (barn, cage free hens??)- not too nice. 3 - Kafighaltung (cages) which has been forbidden since 2012.. We buy 0 and 1 but are getting 2 due to farmers lying and cheating....big trouble here and quite right too!! RF |
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 26, 2013 10:10:57 GMT
Oh I see Rosefriend that's shocking. They should'nt be allowed to get away with it. |
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 26, 2013 10:11:23 GMT
Somehow I think of farmers as being trustworthy and honest.
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Post by Jilly on Feb 26, 2013 10:12:43 GMT
It's funny you should mention Goat Ladygardener. An old school friend of mine was in hospital in London some years ago, having a bone marrow transplant. It was one of the big London teaching hospitals (Guys I think). Apparently the food on the wards was absolutely disgusting. My friend was sharing her small ward with several middle aged Jamaican ladies, who managed to persuade the ward management that they needed special food for religious & cultural reasons, which just happened to have to be ordered from an excellent Jamaican take away just over the road from the hospital. They took one look at what my poor friend was being served & said & so does she . Luckily she's now been in remission from Leukaemia for several years now, but has been left with a strange addiction to curried Goat |
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 26, 2013 11:08:13 GMT
Of course, it's very popular with Jamaican folk. That's good news about her remission, long may it last. Treatments for Leukaemia have come a long long way. Jilly |
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