Comments on: Dairy farmers ask Tasmanians to boycott Pura milk.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:19:59 +0000

I buy Capel Farms milk and dairy products. They are a local co-operative. Very rare for me to buy other types but will avoid Pura like the plague on the rare occasion I do.

Same thing happened in the UK. Where do manufacturers think their raw materials will come from once they have driven all of our farmers out of business? China? Not after their dairy scandals!

By: plumtree

plumtree — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:20:11 +0000

I’ll leave Pura alone. Thanks.

By: Jayne

Jayne — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:33:50 +0000

I heard something vaguely about this a few weeks ago but thanks for clarifying it.

By: Tinkingbell

Tinkingbell — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:33:14 +0000

Never have bought Pura except as a last resort – always bought Betta (or Ashgrove – yes they make milk as well as lovely cheese – or Pynegana – which comes with the cream on the top….mmmm)

Multinational Kirin holdings should also be treated like dirt as they own National foods – get on it guys – the farmers have coped with drought, floods, power outages for over a week – which meant they couldn’t milk or if they did then they had to throw the milk away because it couldn’t be refrigerated – and their cows dried off or got mastitis so they are faced with vets bills as well – lets support Aussie farmers!

OK _ Rant finished now!

By: Brenda

Brenda — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:02:08 +0000

Good on you Kim for bringing this up!

No more Pura for this family.

By: Jientje

Jientje — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:46:59 +0000

The farmers always seem to get the worst deal, while they’re the ones doing all the investments and the work. Farmers in Belgium have also been protesting over this these past few weeks. If I could, I’d much prefer buying my milk from the farmers themselves, instead of the local supermarket.

By: Tanya

Tanya — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:38:24 +0000

I’ve never bought pura milk. We get a few cartons of longlife milk because we cant be bothered trudging to the shop all the time. So does that count? I’ll avoid pura if I go on an emergency milk mission. (You know when you DESPERATELY need a coffee or tea, or in my case a milkshake.)

By: Ali

Ali — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:02:40 +0000

That’s really shocking. I am lucky enough to be able to buy milk direct from a group of farmers. It’s a little bit more expensive but I get to talk to the farmers (and their wives and kids) so I know where it’s really come from. Also, I think it tastes 100 times better. I will make sure I avoid Pura if I get caught short though.

By: river

river — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:44:40 +0000

Damn! Pura Light Start is the milk I buy. It’s the only one I like the taste of in my coffee and cereal. I only have one litre a week or sometimes it lasts me 10 days. Can I be excused from the boycott?

By: Veronica

Veronica — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:56:01 +0000

I haven’t bought Pura milk in a while, simply for this reason.