Canberra Milk Should Be Renamed Tokyo Milk

I am sure that I meant to say shore.

I find the contrast between public opinion of foreign involvement in mining and farming to be both hilarious and sad at the same time.

Compare:

Mining – Foreign company finances a largely automated process where a natural resource (dirt of one sort or another) is dug up then shipped overseas with little or no on sure processing. Foreigners get the material, the work of refining and making things from it, and the profit from its sale (after paying Australians to drive trucks and paying some tax).

Farming – Foreign company finances people to live on farm, raise cows, milk them, drive truck of milk to processing plant, be processed, packaged, labelled stocked in shop, purchased drunk, digested and the nutrients used to grow Australians. Foreigners get the profit from the sale (after paying all the people in that supply chain). Additionally, all those cows, milk processing plants and trucks all remain in Australia.

While I can see that some other forms of agriculture are a little different, cotton for example, or export beef, it still amazes me that people get so upset about something so renewable and impossible to take away as cows, yet seem to care little about something which, once gone, is gone.

Sykesy said :

I can assure you ‘Canberra Milk’ brand is owned by the ACT government & operated(under license) under the expert guidance of Capitol Chilled Foods. All of the Milk processed IS Australian owned. We are a joint venture company owned by Lion & Bega Cheese. We also assist numerous sporting bodies & charities, someone should vet these ridiculous posts that can be so damaging to the continuous support of said organisations in the future. Wake up to yourselves please.

Last time I checked, Australia generally allows free speech. How about you put your facts out there and trust that Canberrans will be intelligent enough to figure out the truth. Telling people who may be your customers to ‘wake up to yourselves’ can only do more harm than good. Don’t like what has been said, get your lawyers to contact Aussie Farmers Direct.

Ps. Where’s my Raiders Lime?

Sykesy said :

Also, Murrumbidgee milk is owned by Fontera (new Zealand ) Pura Parmalat (Italian)????

And neither of them do anything for Canberra???

Also, Murrumbidgee milk is owned by Fontera (new Zealand ) Pura Parmalat (Italian)????

I can assure you ‘Canberra Milk’ brand is owned by the ACT government & operated(under license) under the expert guidance of Capitol Chilled Foods. All of the Milk processed IS Australian owned. We are a joint venture company owned by Lion & Bega Cheese. We also assist numerous sporting bodies & charities, someone should vet these ridiculous posts that can be so damaging to the continuous support of said organisations in the future. Wake up to yourselves please.

As far as I’m aware, Kirin does not own ‘Canberra Milk’. They own the production side, but the trademarks for Canberra Milk remain ACT Government owned and are licenced, therefore still contributing money back into Canberra’s economy.

The actual milk hasn’t been from Canberra for years, but it still comes from Aussie farmers. So who really cares.

I DID swap to Aussie Farmers Direct, and were with them for a year or so (albeit paying a about 40% more than from a supermarket), but then moved to Fraser and for some reason it all went downhill, 3 times in 7 deliveries the milk was either in a broken container, under-delivered, or the final straw – not delivered at all, still waiting for the refund after cancelling…..

I thought it was called ‘Canberra Milk’ because of production location. I don’t think the milk now comes from Tokyo. It seems like a lot of trouble, and surely there are cows here.

Ahem. According to http://ethical.org.au (and this is the first time I’ve used this resource, so YMMV), Capitol Chilled Foods (the Canberra Milk people) is half-owned by Lion, who are in turn owned by Kirin. The other half is owned by Bega Cheese Ltd, who are Australian.

This would only worry me if they were marketing Minke Milk.

Sammy said :

The should rebrand it as Wagyu Milk. They’d sell a shed-load of it.

mmmm … beer-fed milk. Wouldn’t know whether to put it on corn flakes, or into a stubby holder.

miz said :

I cannot understand how so-called ‘market forces’ can be allowed to diddle our country out of our own food bowl.

Behead all those who diss the Free Market ™!

So I have been drinking Meerrlk all this time?

Affirmative Action Man said :

Couldn’t believe the carp that went on when Coles & Wollies dropped the price to $1 a litre – great for the consumer says I.

Horrible for the farmers.

If you’re inclined to care about which multinational owns the brand of milk you buy, may as well cut to the chase and buy direct from the farmer at the Epic market IMO…

You say gives new meaning to “I’m a Tokyo milk kid!” that is simply stupid.

I also enjoy that Brindabella has taken this email to be 100% accurate. Yet there are no links provided, no other information at all except for ‘Sayonara from Nara’. It is lacking in any credibility.

Not saying it couldn’t be true, but you should at least attempt to back up your now claims.

Is that you Barnaby?

Kirin own National Foods who in turn own Capital Chilled Foods, who produce Canberra Milk in Australia from Australian cows – and in my opinion is the worst tasting milk available here. If you need to be 100% Australian Try Riverina Milk – owned by ICM – Australian owned and a middle of the road price, available at Woolies – not as cheap as own brand (Parmalat/Pauls??), and not as expensive as the organic stuff.

But beware of Kirin, they own a lot so you may have to have a look at the other products that you buy.

Whilst you’re at it, maybe have a look at everything you eat and anything you own. Not much is Australian made and owned.

Seems a reliable source.

I assume the milk is still pretty much Australian, although I concede I have no knowledge of this industry, owned or otherwise. Australian companies have the same chances to buy as overseas ones do yet they didnt. Its interesting that the LNP is strident about foreign ownership but finds it hard to balance this with their let business run itself credo. How do you stop it without interfering in commercial transactions?

Anyone care to suggest what Australian companies have substantial overseas holdings? Should that be stopped too?

I heard that Aussie Farmers Direct is the name of a small village in Hunan Province China…

Have 3 kids & go through bucket loads of milk a week. Don’t give a rats where or who it comes from as long as its healthy & cheap.

Couldn’t believe the carp that went on when Coles & Wollies dropped the price to $1 a litre – great for the consumer says I.

The should rebrand it as Wagyu Milk. They’d sell a shed-load of it.

This is sad. I have continued to buy Canberra Milk despite the proliferation of cheaper brands as I thought I was supporting a local industry. I know I am still supporting local dairy farmers by doing this, but it is a disappointing state of affairs. I cannot understand how so-called ‘market forces’ can be allowed to diddle our country out of our own food bowl. I suspect countries such as Japan and China see Australia as very naive and a bit thick. Our food security policies certainly make us look this way.

I love the logic: a major part of the reason 95% of all milk brands in Australia are foreign owned is because Canberra Milk is owned by Kirin Corporation.

I’m not an expert on cause and effect, but I’d like to see more evidence on the idea that the ownership of Canberra Milk has a causal relationship with the nationality of the ownership of other Australian milk brands…

Please explain to me why I should care that Kirin owns Canberra Milk.