On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:55:04 +1100, "Farm1" >
wrote:

> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
> >
> > Years ago I was able to get lamb only at one butcher shop in the city
> > where we lived. I never saw shanks there. That place is gone now. My
> > regular butcher does not carry lamb.Mt back-up butcher does not carry
> > lamb. The only place I can get lamb is at the larger grocery stores, and
> > they only carry shanks occasionally.
>
> I find that just astonishing. Wasn't globablisation supposed to be all
> about being able to get whatever we wanted, whereever we wanted? I think we
> consumers have been sold yet another pup.
>
Say "Hello" to the real world of global economics: yet another scheme
that enriched those at the top and didn't benefit consumers.

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