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Veal is a by-product of the dairy industry, because obviously only females are needed for milk production and male calves are therefore unwanted. The cruel practice of confining veal calves to crates and feeding them milk only (calves need straw roughage) that is permitted in EU countries is banned in the UK. In March 2006 the EU voted to lift the 10-year ban on live cattle exports, which means that farmers can now send unwanted calves for veal production to Europe again. The more milk-fed British veal you consume, the less farmers will be encouraged in this inhumane practice. The farms below produce humanely reared veal.

Helen Browning Organics, Eastbrook Farm, The Calf House,Cues Lane, Bishopstone, Swindon, Wiltshire SN6 8PLTel: 01793 790460www.helenbrowningorganics.co.uk

Innovative system in which calves are left a long time with their mothers. The emphasis at this farm is on the humane treatment of livestock. Also produces beef.

Little Warren Farm, Fletching Common, Newick,East Sussex BN8 4JHTel: 01825 722545

Specialist small-scale farm producing organic veal and beef. All calves are reared naturally and humanely and suckled on Jersey cows for six months.

Welfare Friendly Veal, Higher Stavordale Farm,Charlton Musgrove, Wincanton, Somerset BA9 8HJTel: 01963 33177

The veal calves on this farm are reared the kind way, loose in small groups in open barns with deep straw bedding, fed on a mixture of milk, straw and grains. The farm sells several cuts of meat, which is pink with a sweet, buttery flavour.