Dear friends and colleagues of Europe:

Taiwan Farmers Association and ATOAP (Association of Taiwan Organic Agriculture Promotion) strongly support your Europeanwide strike for getting decent prices for European milk producers, prices that must make liveable incomes for you all.

Through this message, we bring you our solidarity and our wish that your peaceful strike will gain its legitimate success and bring a better life as well as ensure your future as European milk producers.
The principles of Health, Ecology, Fairness, and Care are not only for organic agriculture, but also for all people in the world, they are for universal. We need to take more care about the small farmers everywhere in the world.

Milk is a very important product for mankind and its health, now and for the future. Its production must be supported and protected for the good of whole society.

We sincerely stand by you in this action for making possible milk production at good prices for both producers and consumers.

We will follow your strike in Europe with a great attention because your action is not only good, nut necessary for all of us in the world.

Please, tell to all European milk producers on strike that we firmly support their wise action.

Wishing you success and bring farmers a better life with better incomes for your work,

Friendly yours,

Shih-Shiung Chen
President
Association of Taiwan Organic Agriculture Promotion (ATOAP)
Convener
East Asian Forum of Organic Agriculture
Professor
Dept. Post Modern Agriculture
Ming Dao University
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Taiwan
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