Cooperatives

World is going through the "occupy" movement.  People think that these corporates makes so much of money at the cost of public. True. But what are we doing to defend ourselves? are we not the victims of our own dependence. Why we need to buy our food from a particular food chain despite knowing how they treat our farmers. How they addict us to their foods.  Why we need to always go for the latest model or always buy the cheapest. What we do to prevent this? NOTHING

Here comes the importance of co operatives. Why cannot we set an organisation by the members, for the members? We buy our daily needs from the chain stores and these stores keep on opening another store at some other location, other country. These stores never share any profit with the customers nor ever try to sell the stuff cheaper or a reasonable price. For these businesses profit is the cost of ignorance of the client.    

These businesses does confuse the public and government at the same time. They only want the cheaper cost of goods. For them it does not matter if the business is effecting the economy, environment or public health. They do not care if the employment is going out of the province or country. Why can not they purchase the stuff from the local farmers so that it will help local economy and help farmers to grow more and cheaper. 

Is it not the responsibility of the public to help the local farmers to the extent they can. It is a win win situation. The consumer will get fresh food and garden produce and the farmer will get a market and employment.

If we keep on depending on the foreign markets for the reason being cheap, it will one day wipe our farmers out. once they are out these countries will charge what ever price they want knowingly that we can not produce anymore.

It is just like the food chain. One thing is dependant on other. Farmers and rural population are as important as feet. You can have the entire body mind and strength, but without feet the body can not go anywhere.  Cannot use the best of it. It is the feet that carries the weight of the body and never complains. Similarly despite so many problems and increasing debt, Our farmer brothers are not complaining. 

It is the time to wake up. Help the local business. Help our local farmers. Prefer the local business over the chain stores. Come and join the cooperative movement. Let's buy form our own store, let's share the profit  among ourselves, let's decide our own prices. 

WAKEUP BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE

Corporate greed

At the start of the industrial revolution man started making things to his need but now need is being created as per business required. Businesses do not care is it is affecting the health and wealth of general public. Business only needs money and wants to see the graph of business going up year after year. Top managers are hired and their rewards are subjected directly to the financial growth of the business. Managers in turn try everything to achieve the target. People are misled. Money is spent in the name of research to establish desired results. Means are found to cut the cost and increase the profitability. Advertisement is done to attract to the people to the unhealthy habits. Like the use of cellulose in various food items.

These business people can make any propaganda they want. They say it is only human who drinks milk after he is grown. Correct, because he has the opportunity to do so. They should not forget that if given a chance Cat, dog and other animals can drink milk despite their age. And if this suggest that we should do what animals do then we should stop smoking and drinking as animals do not do it.

There is also an advertisement that says cows are harmful as their farting has a damaging effect on ozone. Question is why cow only? Another animals including Man do fart so should we send them all to slaughter house?

There is a ban on farmers in Canada to sell their milk production to the general public directly. The logic it is harmful for humans. This is not the fact. It is actually harmful for Businesses. The milk is sent to the dairies and then cream, is separated from it. That's how business makes double profit on milk. When a manufacturer is allowed to sell its produce to whomsoever he wants then why the farmers are deprived of? Milk and other farm produce are the produce of farmer and has full right to sell it. Now if government is afraid of infection then it should educate people how to use it. Milk is consumed by scores of people worldwide but how many cases of infection is heard. There had been cases of infection of ecoli from spinach or meat so why not we stop it too. People are developing diseases from cigarette so why not to stop it too.

This is not going to happen because the democratic government who was by the public and for the public is now By the public and for the business. The aim of business should be the fulfillment of the needs not the growth at the cost of public.