By Brian Monteith – 5 minute read – It is deeply ironic a food product like Soy milk, so beloved of the more socially and ethically conscious amongst us, comes from a crop which not only contributes to the destruction of the environment, but might also be harming our mental and physical wellbeing.
The EU has continued down its path of uber-regulation and the maintenance of a customs fortress that diminishes poorer farmers and businesses of emerging nations... while the UK has sought to open up to the developing world.
By Brian Monteith – 3 minute read THIS IS A TALE of how the EU uses regulations, quotas and tariffs to erect a Fortress Europe that exports poverty to developing nations through the protection of its inefficient and unsustainable agriculture. In this case it is the protection of the huge European vegetable oil industry. There [...]
By Brian Monteith – 4 minute read. While EU members fight over Sunflower Oil the UK can pivot towards Palm Oil at a cheaper price and not only reduce inflation on Fish and Chips but also know sustainable farming has ensured the problem of deforestation has been overcome in Malaysia.
by Brian Monteith – 3 minute read. RECLAIMING CONTROL from the EU was not to then surrender power to a less democratic and accountable organisation like the WHO. We must assert our right to develop our own tobacco control policies through harm reduction.
