UK became in 2011 a net exporter of lamb with excellent prospects for expansion

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UK has become a net exporter of lamb, according to new figures published by EBLEX and reported by Meat Trade News Daily. The figures show that in 2011 sheep meat exports from the UK saw an 11% increase on the year, totalling 98.500 tonnes product weight. Read full article

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GreekYoghurt
Falklands lamb is the new Kobe (Wagyu) Beef, apparently.
Mar 01st, 2012 - 08:31 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Rufus
I can quite believe it.

I spotted some St Helena coffee in a local shop as well, organic and unpolluted to the highest degree. Cost a fortune for something that hasn't been through the digestive system of a palm civet.
Mar 01st, 2012 - 12:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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GreekYoghurt
I normally drink my tea after it's been digested and the tea-bag picked out of the excrement of a lesser-spotted aardvark.

Why don't they get Protected Geographical Status for their Lamb? They could sell it at 10 times the price, and with no pollutants for 400 miles (Argies) it should keep them in cream cakes for generations.
Mar 01st, 2012 - 05:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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