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THE British rhetoric about the Common Agricultural Policy seems to miss the point. The importance of the CAP can't be judged by what sector of the economy agriculture represents or how many it employs. The CAP is really about food. The French are very committed to their way of life and to spending money on food, good-quality local produce. The British government says that is a waste of resources - Britain no longer really has a class of small, local food producers which is why we don't benefit from it. Instead, we have what is known as global "big food" dominated by supermarkets.
But this industrial approach while it may be more profitable has damaged Britain's food culture. If you look around, particularly perhaps in Scotland, in every walk of life, among the middle classes as well as the sink estates, you see children who are struggling with obesity even at three, four and five. We may spend less and less of our incomes on what we eat but we pay a price in other ways.See the full content of this document
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The Price We Pay for Profit-Led Farming
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