Information please: farmers, manufacturers and generic brands?

[peanutter]

thanks, trillian. will have to look out for bird's eye

do you know anything about the generic brands?

[Trillian]

The best way to shop ethically and support Aussie farmers is to get a copy of the Ausbuy Guide. It lists all Australian owned products. This doc here is a submission made in the recent milk pricing inquiry and it outlines pretty clearly what the impact on farmers will be because of 'own brands' . Food labelling laws now state that the 'country of origin' should be listen on all products so the consumers can easily know where the product comes from. As JungleMum said, own brands will still often be from Australian farmers, but they screw them down on price so much they are essentially held to ransom, so it is the principle of it more than anything.