Tuesday 11th December 2007
In 12 days my challenge will be over. I have not put out one waste bin or a scrap of recycling. This has not hurt me one bit. It has enhanced my life in so many ways. I have proved there is an alternative. Today is a sad day for Welsh people in that it has been outed by a farmer that 300,000 welsh lambs are to be slaughtered between now and January 4th next year as the Common Agricultural Policy ( CAP) from the EU has changed and the Tir Mynyydd supplements to hill farmers have altered which means with the rise in maize and other grain on the world market the farmers no longer find it a viable option to farm lamb. Our hills which are full of sheep will now dwindle. Yet yesterdays paper saw reports of Gordon Brown starting an investigation into security of food supplies in this country. The farmers will be paid £15 per lamb to kill them and incinerate them. No doubt to create electricity. Carmarthenshire County Council state they cannot afford to feed their schoolchildren an organic diet. A report in yesterdays Western Mail states people will not be able to afford welsh lamb in wales. We will continue to import New Zealand lamb. Is it just me or does this seem madness to anyone else?
