Farmers have dumped 100 tons of manure and rotten vegetables in a French town to protest against falling food prices. |||
Chartres, France – More than 300 farmers dumped around 100 tons of manure and rotten vegetables in the centre of Chartres on Tuesday in protest at falling food prices.Assisted by 30 tractors, the farmers dumped the slurry and rotting food in front of the offices of the agriculture department and town hall.The protesters, from the FDSEA union, were “fed up” with the “increasingly crazy constraints and charges” faced by farmers, said union leader Jean-Michel …read more
Source: Independent Online
