First published in the Farmers Guardian today.
The hills of England, Scotland and Wales make a valuable contribution to the food supply and have done so for hundreds of years . . . Read the page here.
Note her last sentence in the Farmers Guardian on the subject of subsidies, the price of food and political/corporate power and control:
“As for subsidies, I think it ought to be realised they are needed because the supermarket power allows them to take the profit out of food production and so the farm payments are financial blood transfusion to make up for the deficit.
“This system principally benefits the consumer and the government. The part payment from public taxation keeps the price of food lower to the individual and of course the government can boast of its generosity, portray its farmers as recipients of undeserved charity and take control of land it does not own.”