Stroud Farmers Market at odds with district council over badger ban
BANNING pro-badger cull traders from Stroud Farmers' Market won't work, claims its organiser.
But the Stroud District Council member who wants traders to sign up to a no-shoot policy says the trial cull of badgers set for June must be opposed.
The council already refuses to allow culling on land it owns or manages, and at its April 25 council meeting, Paul Denney will put enter a motion which if passed, would only allow traders at the farmers' market who pledge they won't take part in a badger cull.
Market organiser Clare Honeyfield said the motion that "will not allow any business to trade at any event organised by or on behalf of Stroud District Council unless they have first confirmed in writing that they will not allow the culling of badgers on their property or to purvey any goods which they know to be sourced from businesses taking part in the planned cull" isn't enforceable.
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"The market is not organised by the council or on its behalf," she said. "We have a licence agreement which is a contract to lease the market building and marketplace for one day a week. The council doesn't own the land – it leases it from a developer.
"Politically, we don't have a position on anything – the Labour-run council enforced that when it was last in power."
The trial cull, set for west Gloucestershire in June, has been called for by some farmers to try and halt the spread of bovine TB but opponents say work on vaccines would be more effective.
Councillor Denney (L, Cam West) said if approved, the motion would seek to change a future contract to run the market. The next renewal is due in March 2014.
"I have been told that the cull will cost millions to police," he said. "That money would be better spent on vaccine research – when the Conservatives came to power the first thing they did was get rid of six of seven vaccine trials.
"With that money, they could have been continued."
9 Comments
by Freeborn_John
Thursday, March 21 2013, 8:05PM
“It's organiser is obviously a hypocrite of the highest order, while claiming killing badgers is political, she has openly called for people to boycott Amazon, Starbucks, and others for their tax evasion schemes.
Claims to be Eco friendly, she should put up or shut up.”
by Countrylad
Monday, March 18 2013, 11:29AM
“I guess this councillor and Stroud District Council dont give a damn about the Economy in Stroud, The Farmers Market brings many people into the town each weekend, I think they could be shooting themselves in the foot by this move, There has been great publicity in Visit Stroud and its Farmers Market, The idea was to bring tourists into the town, If Claire and her stall holders have any sense they will shut up shop, then see just how much Stroud will suffer, Nobody will visit to go to Money Lending,Pound shops, and Charity Shops,
Stroud has a personality of its own, With small independant shops which are buzzing with customers on a Farmers Market Day, They will loose money and possibly close down, After all the work that has been done to bring Stroud back to life and most of that is down to the farmers Market, You want to send it back to how it was a few years ago,A dead boring dirty town with no life, I moved out due to how it had become, was thinking of moving back but well you can forget it,”
by EllJay1
Sunday, March 17 2013, 2:12PM
“You know, I really find this site incredibly difficult to post onto - first posting was not accepted, nor second one. Now I find that both are there!”
by EllJay1
Sunday, March 17 2013, 2:07PM
“Or perhaps that you shouldn't be discriminated against because of your political or religious views, vegetarianism or omnivorousness, sexual preferences, etc etc -
unless you are trying to force those views upon other people.”
by EllJay1
Sunday, March 17 2013, 2:05PM
“Or perhaps that you shouldn't be discriminated against because of your:
political or religious views,
vegetarianism or omnivorousness,
sexual preferences,
etc etc
unless you are trying to force those views upon other people.”
by Clued-Up
Sunday, March 17 2013, 1:49PM
“@ EllJay1
Re: "I would imagine that the council could be sued for DISCRIMINATION if they try to force this through."
On the grounds that anyone supporting the badger cull has thereby proved themselves to be mentally ill or learning disabled? I think that's a bit sweeping!”
by EllJay1
Sunday, March 17 2013, 11:18AM
“I would imagine that the council could be sued for discrimination if they try to force this through.”
by fischadler
Saturday, March 16 2013, 8:50PM
“I am with the District Council on this one. If farmers want to kill badgers they must expect the consequences of their actions.”
by Clued-Up
Saturday, March 16 2013, 5:06PM
“It's good there'll be the ban on badger cullers trading at Stroud Farmers Market even if it can't yet be enforced. It's another small indication to landowners thinking of taking part in the cull that contempt for public opinion (92% oppose the cull) will have business consequences.”