tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4527523026218076910.post3373972099134643273..comments2023-03-31T13:13:21.109+01:00Comments on The Anglesey Telegraph: GVA - Agriculture, forestry and fishingRhys Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01063335760224613528noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4527523026218076910.post-29935825834573544792011-02-14T15:46:02.204+00:002011-02-14T15:46:02.204+00:00With food prices rising globally and grain stocks ...With food prices rising globally and grain stocks at a low ebb I would hope that more emphasis be put on local food production.<br /><br />With Anglesey traditionally being associated as 'the foodbasket of North wales' one would expect the island to be able to grow plenty of food. <br /><br />However, the degradation of soil quality from overbrowsing by livestock and the current cost of production for the farmers, makes growing staple foodcrops unprofitable.<br /><br />Addressing these problems, (soil quality and unprofitable crops), would be a step towards recreating a viable farming industry on the island, without it becoming the province of large scale industrial pharming, (intensive indoor dairy and pig farming, with the attendant problems of slurry waste and antibiotic pollution of the water tables).Prometheuswritesnoreply@blogger.com