Visiting Local Farmers

On Wednesday 23rd February I visited farmers in Alton Barnes to discuss planning issues, new farming technology and the urgent need for consumers to buy British produce. Our wonderful county used to be known for pork breeding and processing (the Wiltshire ham cure, of course, is world famous) but we now have just a handful of commercial pig farmers and processors. This is why I am backing the "Yes Yes Yes to British Pork" campaign and have written to the Ministry of Defence to ask what proportion of bacon and pork products served to our service personnel is of British origin (last time I checked, it was zero) and to the heads of all the major supermarkets to ask what they are doing to promote British pork. I also attended the "Pigs Are Still Worth It" rally in London which presented a petition to Downing Street highlighting the difficulties British pig farmers are facing in this country with the average pig farmer losing around £20 per pig produced.

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