tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post5610587539533359007..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Where's the Beef?The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-18405944789453895482020-05-14T23:24:17.970-07:002020-05-14T23:24:17.970-07:00Rural, there are some who foresee a return of smal...Rural, there are some who foresee a return of smallholder farming. My maternal grandfather was a smallholder - beef and dairy cattle, poultry, the best field tomatoes I ever tasted, cucumbers, bell peppers, sweet and feed corn, wheat and burley tobacco. All of that on a 100 acre farm. He supplied Heinz, Green Giant and the town dairy. And they raised 8 children on that farm.<br /><br />Somehow that sounds so much better than what we have today. That farm passed from my grandfather to my uncle to my cousin and, in the process, grew to 500 acres. There's not a tractor or combine to be seen on that land today. No cattle in the pasture. The farmhouses are gone. The barns are gone. Every inch of it is now covered in greenhouses, gobbled up by some agricultural corporation. The Disaffected Libhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135599782685108764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-85215084710890947322020-05-14T23:15:23.032-07:002020-05-14T23:15:23.032-07:00Deregulation, Owen, was de rigueur in the neoliber...Deregulation, Owen, was de rigueur in the neoliberal order. The invisible hand of the market was entrusted with our safety. Very clever.The Disaffected Libhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135599782685108764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-36482177194978852992020-05-14T23:12:53.737-07:002020-05-14T23:12:53.737-07:00Thanks for the info, Toby.Thanks for the info, Toby.The Disaffected Libhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135599782685108764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-43945300129011695082020-05-14T16:01:22.719-07:002020-05-14T16:01:22.719-07:00In the 70's Occupational Health legislation bl...In the 70's Occupational Health legislation blossomed. But in the last thirty years, much of that legislation has been gutted.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-46900705327825328602020-05-14T15:05:45.939-07:002020-05-14T15:05:45.939-07:00Rural - small operators were decimated by the Libe...Rural - small operators were decimated by the Liberals in Ontario.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-70390356749553382392020-05-14T11:50:01.978-07:002020-05-14T11:50:01.978-07:00Rural, you're on the money. Britain's &quo...Rural, you're on the money. Britain's "mad cow" problem was traced to industrial-scale meat production that saw large numbers of animals from various producers gathered, transported and mixed together where diseases could be transmitted through their mingling.<br /><br />Animals that went directly from the smallholder to the nearest abattoir and on to the local market did not have this problem.<br /><br />That's one of the reasons feedlot operations wind up having to use heavy quantities of antibiotics. They know the animals they receive stand a good chance of getting sick.<br /><br />Few people know that most of the antibiotics produced in North America go to livestock treatment.The Disaffected Libhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135599782685108764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-41449941310411141752020-05-14T11:46:03.316-07:002020-05-14T11:46:03.316-07:00It's not just beef. However, BC is much stron...It's not just beef. However, BC is much stronger than some jurisdictions when faced with outbreaks. <br /><br />"Fraser Health has ordered a poultry processing plant in Chilliwack to remain closed as officials investigate an outbreak of COVID-19 at the facility."<br /><br />https://globalnews.ca/news/6895534/coronavirus-bc-poultry-plants/<br /><br />Faced with a long shutdown, "Fraser Health has rescinded the May 2nd closure order, as the poultry plant has met the requirements of the order. The plant has reopened and is now operating at a reduced capacity while putting measures in place to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission. Fraser Health will continue to work closely with Fraser Valley Specialty Poultry to maintain the health and safety of staff during this pandemic."<br /><br />https://www.fraserhealth.ca/news/2020/May/fraser-health-provides-update-on-care-facility-outbreaks-and-fraser-valley-specialty-poultry<br /><br />Government can sort these problems if there is the will to do so. Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-55310354440657674452020-05-14T11:45:05.532-07:002020-05-14T11:45:05.532-07:00
Cap, Harper did indeed turn over the inspection f...<br />Cap, Harper did indeed turn over the inspection function to the producers. That resulted in listeria outbreaks at Maple Leaf in 2008. I just looked it up - 57 confirmed cases, 22 deaths. <br /><br />With that, Sideshow Steve beat a hasty retreat and government inspectors returned.The Disaffected Libhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135599782685108764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-29367740219165784432020-05-14T11:17:40.250-07:002020-05-14T11:17:40.250-07:00As a life long vegetarian I have no 'bones'...As a life long vegetarian I have no 'bones' to pick with the meat industry but as a rural resident my whole life I have seen how the 'centralization' of meat processing has hurt the small local operators. Bigger is NOT better IMHO be it in any food supply industry... or for that matter in many others!Ruralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11814103548500393628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-52614503307122580352020-05-14T10:14:30.596-07:002020-05-14T10:14:30.596-07:00Wait - we still have meat inspectors?! I thought H...Wait - we still have meat inspectors?! I thought Harper put the packers in charge of inspecting themselves. <br /><br />CapAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com