Once, we thought of farms as wholesome places, where chickens scratched around in the yard, pigs snoozed in muddy pens and contented cows chewed their cud in lush, green fields. It’s a myth peddled to children in nursery rhymes and reinforced by visits to farm parks to pet newborn lambs. The reality is very different. Today, ‘mixed’ farming of animals and crops has all but disappeared — replaced by farms specialising in one product only, whether it’s cereals, eggs, chicken, milk, pork or beef. Old MacDonald, eat your heart out, E-I-E-I-O! Thankfully, Britain still has a fair proportion of farms where animals are allowed to roam and graze as nature intended. But for how much longer? Read more: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2545647/Farm-ageddon-No-birds-No-bees-Our-countryside-laid-waste-And-billions-animals-never-blade-grass-book-warns-terrifying-threat-todays-gram-mega-farms.html#ixzz2roRUbQGl
Posted on: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 18:15:23 +0000
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