The waiting game- Business as usual
Posted by Nir Halfon on Fri, Feb 26, 2010 @ 03:45 AM
Last time I wrote about the news of Emerson College winding down. Since then We have been working hard to secure the continuation of the training. We are now in a waiting game- waiting for the different supporters to act on their promises and the wheels of organisations and decision making protocols to turn. I think from the students point of view it is not easy. On one hand all is going as usual, this week BD2 benefited from lectures by Steve Hook who is a dairy farmer from Hailsham. On the other hand, we have daily meetings to discuss the situation of the college. We are waiting to hear from Pricewaterhousecoopers about the next steps Emerson needs to do. until then as I said, we are 'business as usual'
Steve Hook has been been very active in marketing organic milk and promoting it. This is a problem many dairy farmers face. Whole prices of milk are very low, for some it becomes unviable to produce milk and many dairies close down. For organic milk one can get a slightly better price, however, still it is not enough. Steve has been looking at alternative ways to market his organic milk. Recently he began sell Raw organic milk nationally through currier service. The milk is packed in special packaging and sent on a 24hours delivery all over the country. He says there is high demand for Raw milk but no supply. I am not going to get into th raw milk debate. I am all for it! It tastes better and generally better!
Next week Timothy Brink is coming to teach on the course. Timothy is the director of Demeter UK. He is coming to talk about Dairy production- breeding, record keeping and other legal requirements from a dairy enterprise.
Keep an eye on the new website: www.rachelcarson.org.uk for more news and updates. Soon to come! the Graduation of BD2 and BD1 going on placement!
Best
Nir