Comments on: Food Mountains in the European Union http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/food-mountains-in-the-european-union Food - Photography & More Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:05:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/food-mountains-in-the-european-union#comment-6032 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:06:49 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/food-mountains-in-the-european-union#comment-6032 Elsie, Your comment is just what I had hoped for, what you have recalled is something which had a real affect on the average household in a previous decade but what has been learnt from it? The more you look into waste and bad management (think regional water companies) the more ill it makes you feel. The real problem comes down to accountability and the fact that nobody really is accountable. It is a farce played out at our expense. Miles Elsie,
Your comment is just what I had hoped for, what you have recalled is something which had a real affect on the average household in a previous decade but what has been learnt from it?
The more you look into waste and bad management (think regional water companies) the more ill it makes you feel.
The real problem comes down to accountability and the fact that nobody really is accountable. It is a farce played out at our expense.

Miles

]]> by: Elsie Nean http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/food-mountains-in-the-european-union#comment-6030 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:46:35 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/food-mountains-in-the-european-union#comment-6030 Miles, This is a very interesting post. However, it makes me angry to read again about the EU mountain. I remember the butter mountain and that everyone I talked to was very angry at the time as the butter was relatively expensive and was given to Russia for half the price. I am aware of the wine lake which is another disgrace. The whole business seems to be totally mismanaged. I would echo Rod's comments above that they should let market forces dictate demand and supply. Governments seem to interfere and run every aspect of our lives and not at a competent level. Elsie Miles,
This is a very interesting post. However, it makes me angry to read again about the EU mountain. I remember the butter mountain and that everyone I talked to was very angry at the time as the butter was relatively expensive and was given to Russia for half the price. I am aware of the wine lake which is another disgrace. The whole business seems to be totally mismanaged. I would echo Rod’s comments above that they should let market forces dictate demand and supply. Governments seem to interfere and run every aspect of our lives and not at a competent level.
Elsie

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/food-mountains-in-the-european-union#comment-6026 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:04:19 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/food-mountains-in-the-european-union#comment-6026 Rod, Good points, we shouldn't forget either that despite the huge excess of food the supermarkets continue to charge what they like. Why are we so terrified of them? Miles Rod,
Good points, we shouldn’t forget either that despite the huge excess of food the supermarkets continue to charge what they like. Why are we so terrified of them?

Miles

]]> by: Rod http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/food-mountains-in-the-european-union#comment-6018 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:10:15 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/food-mountains-in-the-european-union#comment-6018 Miles a great post and a subject I am surprised is not back in the headlines. I used to go trout fishing to a lake owned by a farmer and he was actually paid <b>not to grow things</b> ! It's markey interference by governments that cause so many of these problems and history has shown they never work. Allow free trade, let farmers grow what they will and the market will settle a true and sustainable price. I've never understood why the EU places such a one-sided obsessive worry over the plight of a minority of farmers over the interests of the majority ! I remember at the time this originally started seeing, quite literally, the mountains of food in warehouses all going rotten whilst people around the world were starving to death - shameful Miles
a great post and a subject I am surprised is not back in the headlines.
I used to go trout fishing to a lake owned by a farmer and he was actually paid not to grow things !

It’s markey interference by governments that cause so many of these problems and history has shown they never work.

Allow free trade, let farmers grow what they will and the market will settle a true and sustainable price.

I’ve never understood why the EU places such a one-sided obsessive worry over the plight of a minority of farmers over the interests of the majority !

I remember at the time this originally started seeing, quite literally, the mountains of food in warehouses all going rotten whilst people around the world were starving to death - shameful

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