Consumer Campaign backs the Year of Food and Farming

[Anthony Butcher]

Consumer Campaign backs the Year of Food and Farming

The Label My Food campaign today backed the Year of Food and Farming initiative to educate inner city children about where their food comes from.

“This is a fantastic idea and I wholeheartedly support it” stated Anthony Butcher, the founder of Label My Food. “British children should be taught to take an interest in what is in their food and where it comes from.”

“Starting early like this underpins the core message of the Label My Food campaign. We would encourage every school in Britain to become actively involved in teaching their pupils about farming, food transportation and animal welfare. These are major issues of our time, and our children should grow up being able to make informed choices about what they eat.”


Label My Food:
http://www.labelmyfood.org.uk

Year of Food and Farming:
http://www.yearoffoodandfarming.org.uk/

[Astrocat]

If they want to show kids about UK animal welfare standards, why don't they take them on a jolly tour of a factory farm and abbatoir , instead of feeding them this ridiculously euphemised 'Old McDonald's Farm' version of reality ?

All that will do is cause them to grow up delusional, thinking that animals in agriculture are treated much better than they really are..... and how can that ever be a good thing, from an ethical or moral perspective ?

As far as fruit and vegetables go, it sounds like a great idea though.

[Alex McKee]

All schools ought to be compelled to do is provide a fair and balanced view. The kids can look it up when they know what to look for.