Comments on: Veal farming in France http://www.francethisway.com/wp/veal-farming-in-france/2007/01/ Living in France and daily life for a UK expat in the French blog! Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:28:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Suze http://www.francethisway.com/wp/veal-farming-in-france/2007/01/comment-page-1/#comment-15412 Suze Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:39:07 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/veal-farming-in-france/2007/01/#comment-15412 Where I used to live, in a small village near Poitiers, I used to dread the time of year when the calves were taken from the mothers. They would keen for days after their lost calves - a truly heartrending sound. At least the calves were 'sous la mere' and not in veal crates or pens. Needless to say I haven't eaten veal since then... Where I used to live, in a small village near Poitiers, I used to dread the time of year when the calves were taken from the mothers. They would keen for days after their lost calves – a truly heartrending sound. At least the calves were ’sous la mere’ and not in veal crates or pens. Needless to say I haven’t eaten veal since then…

]]> By: Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/veal-farming-in-france/2007/01/comment-page-1/#comment-3538 Boris Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:08:22 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/veal-farming-in-france/2007/01/#comment-3538 Never came across that technique! It wouldn't surprise me but it sounds a bit complicated from the 'mucking out' point of view. At the moment my veal farmer friend is spending lots of time and money on creating separate stalls and pens for the veal calves - I understand that under new EU rules they must now be free to move about, rather than chained up. So conditions for the calves are slowly improving, although I can't say he's completely happy about treating them to such luxury. Cheers and thanks for stopping by Never came across that technique! It wouldn’t surprise me but it sounds a bit complicated from the ‘mucking out’ point of view.

At the moment my veal farmer friend is spending lots of time and money on creating separate stalls and pens for the veal calves – I understand that under new EU rules they must now be free to move about, rather than chained up. So conditions for the calves are slowly improving, although I can’t say he’s completely happy about treating them to such luxury.

Cheers and thanks for stopping by

]]> By: Earl http://www.francethisway.com/wp/veal-farming-in-france/2007/01/comment-page-1/#comment-3536 Earl Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:50:56 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/veal-farming-in-france/2007/01/#comment-3536 Thanks for the enjoyable insights. The modern way involves recycling bins but is it correct that veal calfs used to be put in a pit and then over time as they got a certain height to the top of the pit were pulled out and processed? I seem to recall being told of such a process by our French teacher at school? All the best and Thanks again. Earl Thanks for the enjoyable insights. The modern way involves recycling bins but is it correct that veal calfs used to be put in a pit and then over time as they got a certain height to the top of the pit were pulled out and processed? I seem to recall being told of such a process by our French teacher at school?

All the best and Thanks again.

Earl

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