Environmentalists have a history problem
The persistent desire to return to an earlier time is arbitrary and a practical impossibility, often sympomatic of ignorance, intolerance and an ultra-conservative political tradition.
I am a generational farmer and historian from a small ex-dairy Leicestershire farm. Part of Save British Farming, presenter of Farming Explained on Youtube, sheep dad to my Leicester Longwools.
The persistent desire to return to an earlier time is arbitrary and a practical impossibility, often sympomatic of ignorance, intolerance and an ultra-conservative political tradition.
Whether governed by landlords or urban bureaucrats, the British countryside is plagued by paternalism
With all the present pressures against the industry, why do farmers bother? I argue it's because we are part of the proud heritage of British agriculture that is distinctly progressive - both scientifically and politically