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    The fish market - by frog



    The Guardian’s George Monbiot has a shocking tale of when free trade deals go wrong. The two players in the story are firstly Senegal, one of the poorest countries on the planet, where the people mostly eat fish. They get 70 percent of their protein from fish: Traditionally cheaper than other animal products, it sustains [...] read more
    August 26, 2008 1:07 pm - 9 Comments
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    Fonterra has more money for industrial dairy - by frog



    Was it really only one month ago that we were falling off our chairs over the fact that Fonterra was forecast to pay dairy farmers $7.30 for a kilo of milk solids?  That gave the average farm $850,000 of income.  Well, records are made to be broken, so today Fonterra is hinting the payment could [...] read more
    May 27, 2008 3:27 pm - 12 Comments