Ani O'Brien: Useful idiots? The vegan astroturf organisation that has tricked Kiwi farmers

How “Fair for Farmers” risks turning Kiwi farmers into foot soldiers for anti-farming activists

Note: I was a vegetarian for 10 years and previously worked at the SPCA. I am a believer in high animal welfare standards and think that many animal welfare groups do a great deal of good work. Many of them are a bit nuts though.

There I was, scrolling the apps, when a familiar Kiwi farmer’s face appeared with a message that sounded quite good. I halted in my tracks and bestowed a view on the video’s tally. The gist was that our imported farming products should live up to our national animal welfare standards. Fair enough, right?

Bob Edlin: Pork producers – perturbed by cheaper imports.....

Pork producers – perturbed by cheaper imports – press for a level playing field, but others struggle against imports, too

The Otago Times reports:

Farmers are renewing calls for the government to enforce the same animal welfare standards that local pig farmers face on imported pork.