COTSWOLD MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown demonstrated his support for Britain's pig farmers at an event organised in westminster by the national Pig Association.
Mr Clifton-Brown met up with James Hart, a pig farmer from Bibury, to discuss the current crisis in British pig farming.
The cost of pig feed has gone up as a result of a global increase in the cost of wheat and while prices of pig products have risen in the shops, the increases are not reflected in the prices paid to producers.
Mr Hart said the situation was unsustainable and unless something was done, more and more pig meat, not subject to the same high standards as British produced, would have to be imported.
Mr Clifton-BNrown said: "As consumers we all appreciate high welfare food and are happy to pay more. It is essential that retail chains pass on this money to the farmers."
Mr Clifton-Brown has written to the chief executives of all major UK supermarkets to encourage them to help save the UK pig farming industry
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