Practical issues aside - not least of all what it would mean for Clarkson and the Diddly Squat Team - I believe that the genuine good that Clarkson's Farm has done for the relationship between the key stakeholders in the UK Food Chain (That's the Farmers and Consumers/Public) could go much further if a way were to be found for the programme to come to air or stream in something much nearer to real time.
In the absence of direct access for us all to every one of our local farms, the understanding that we all need about Food Security and what genuinely good healthy food looks like and where it comes from is playing right into the hands of the vested interests who are insisting that farming is archaic and the future of our (very unhealthy) food supply by necessity will come from factories, insects and test tubes and be full of nasty things like UPFs.
A real-time Clarkson's Farm - based more along the lines of 'Lisa Cam' could be just the thing and the authenticity of film as you go could really be a massively helpful thing for us all.
Either way, thank you Clarkson's Farm for what you have already done.
25 май 2024
