date:Nov 23, 2012
ly getting by at these prices, he said.
Aravanis reserves his harshest criticism for government bureaucrats, who he says make it hard for farmers to obtain land permits to expand and reap economies of scale. It's not as if cows are going to be grazing in their living room, he said.
George Kefalas, who produces milk on a family farm near the northern city of Thessaloniki, said it can take two or three years to get an operating license.
In other countries, even in the developing world, these ar