Transparency: the key ingredient in the food chain
13 September 2012
Relations between farmers and supermarkets have been fraught. But both sides are working to improve things, says Cathy Hayward
They are unscrupulous buyers, willing to do anything to get the lowest price possible. They demand large rebates from farmers to meet their targets, forcing prices down to boost their own profits while bullying them into providing high welfare standards for their animals. Farmers are being put out of business by their unethical, and in many cases illegal, procurement...