There isn’t a worker shortage, there’s a compensation benefit.
You offer six figure, part-time contracts and the applications will come flooding in. Offer enough to get the number of applicants you want.
Dairy farmers say worker shortage is threatening UK food security
Submitted 1 day ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
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Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com 1 day ago
tetris11@feddit.uk 12 hours ago
Farmers and fieldhands never have been a rich bunch, most of them literally just get by.
Farmhands have traditionally been migrant workers willing to work for cheap with free room and board. Many parts of southern Germany still operate on cheap summer workers from Bulgaria.
It’s not a compensation issue, it’s a lack of migrants issue due to the UK’s new found sense of xenophobia
NickwithaC@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
new found
I have bad news for you.
Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com 10 hours ago
I’m not disagreeing that the UK is xenophobic. I would disagree that the UK’s xenophobia is new found. But it is also a compensation issue.
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Dairy Farmers: “We can’t find anyone who wants to work hard and try, but fail to survive on these unsurvivable compensation levels”.
jabjoe@feddit.uk 11 hours ago
Solution for butter at least : cbsnews.com/…/butter-carbon-bill-gates-batavia-il…
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Sure I like cheese as much as the next person but its hardly critical to food security.
If you are struggling to find staff, then answer this: Why would I want to work for you?
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 1 day ago
If milk disappears. You will wake up to us old tea drinking zombies trying to eat brains.
Just a warning.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Sure alternatives are less popular but if cows milk goes up in price then it makes alternatives more appealing.
I don’t see running out being a likely risk tbh.
ElcaineVolta@kbin.melroy.org 1 day ago
hopefully the dairy industry collapses globally.
JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
Dairy and meat are important components of the diets of children.
Health aspects of vegan diets among children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analyses
Meta-analyses showed lower protein, calcium, vitamin B2, saturated fatty acid, and cholesterol intakes, and lower ferritin, HDL and LDL levels as well as height in vegan compared to omnivorous children/adolescents.
The evidence indicates that vegan, but not vegetarian, diets can restrict growth relative to omnivorous children and increase the risk of being stunted and underweight, although the percentage affected is relatively small.
Vegan diet in young children remodels metabolism and challenges the statuses of essential nutrients
Detailed analysis of serum metabolomics and biomarkers indicated vitamin A insufficiency and border‐line sufficient vitamin D in all vegan participants. Their serum total, HDL and LDL cholesterol, essential amino acid, and docosahexaenoic n‐3 fatty acid (DHA) levels were markedly low and primary bile acid biosynthesis, and phospholipid balance was distinct from omnivores. Possible combination of low vitamin A and DHA status raise concern for their visual health.
Both groups [vegans and vegetarians] had lower bone mineral content (BMC). The difference for vegetarians attenuated after accounting for body size but remained in vegans (total body minus the head: –3.7%; 95% CI: –7.0, –0.4; lumbar spine: –5.6%; 95% CI: –10.6, –0.5). Vegetarians had lower total cholesterol, HDL, and serum B-12 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] without supplementation but higher glucose, VLDL, and triglycerides. Vegans were shorter and had lower total LDL (–24 mg/dL; 95% CI: –35.2, –12.9) and HDL (–12.2 mg/dL; 95% CI: –17.3, –7.1), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, iron status, and serum B-12 (–217.6 pmol/L; 95% CI: –305.7, –129.5) and 25(OH)D without supplementation but higher homocysteine and mean corpuscular volume. Vitamin B-12 deficiency, iron-deficiency anemia, low ferritin, and low HDL were more prevalent in vegans, who also had the lowest prevalence of high LDL. Supplementation resolved low B-12 and 25(OH)D concentrations.
Adults are a little more resilient and some can survive on a carefully designed vegan diet.
ElcaineVolta@kbin.melroy.org 13 hours ago
lol
jerkface@lemmy.ca 11 hours ago
It is the position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics that appropriately planned vegetarian, including vegan, diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits for the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. These diets are appropriate for all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, adolescence, older adulthood, and for athletes. Plant-based diets are more environmentally sustainable than diets rich in animal products because they use fewer natural resources and are associated with much less environmental damage. Vegetarians and vegans are at reduced risk of certain health conditions, including ischemic heart disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, certain types of cancer, and obesity. Low intake of saturated fat and high intakes of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, soy products, nuts, and seeds (all rich in fiber and phytochemicals) are characteristics of vegetarian and vegan diets that produce lower total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and better serum glucose control. These factors contribute to reduction of chronic disease. Vegans need reliable sources of vitamin B-12, such as fortified foods or supplements.
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Are they complaining they can’t find people to work a split shift, milking and feeding? Automated milking parlours are a thing. Automated feed, water. Just check on them daily.
But nobody wants a zero hour contract with an average of 1hr a day to do that, so is that what they’re complaining about?
jerkface@lemmy.ca 11 hours ago
Animal ag doesn’t produce food, it consumes it.
jabjoe@feddit.uk 11 hours ago
Agreed, but the problem is butter is really nice. We something as good, or better, that doesn’t use so much land and water create so much CO2 (well CO2e).