Having watched Ep.4 it made me realise what a catastrophic impact BSE had on farming and the beef and sheep meat trades. We really didn't realise how simple life was.
While filmed in a style arousing a sense of nostalgia, really is a justification for "modern" farming using modern machinery, pesticides, herbicides, and genetic manipulation, back before organic was a concept. Tearing up of hedgerows to boost production ( see ep. 1). Now they are taking land out of agricultural production to restore and preserve the environment. 😮
Chemists, chemical? Whatever happened to the good old natural, symbiotic, organic methods? Is it any wonder that once-common species like water voles, skylarks, cuckoos, are rare these days. We've poisoned the very land that we should cherish. All in the name of progress for goodness sake.
Dreadful and toxic caused a lot of illness, to eat a lean beef steak including growth hormones and antibiotics modern farming for quick turn over and government guidelines is going to pay an inevitable toll on health .
Having watched Ep.4 it made me realise what a catastrophic impact BSE had on farming and the beef and sheep meat trades. We really didn't realise how simple life was.
wonderful series ; can't understand how i missed it in 1987 ; probably working, shooting or dog-training
While filmed in a style arousing a sense of nostalgia, really is a justification for "modern" farming using modern machinery, pesticides, herbicides, and genetic manipulation, back before organic was a concept. Tearing up of hedgerows to boost production ( see ep. 1). Now they are taking land out of agricultural production to restore and preserve the environment. 😮
It's gone full circle as usual, everybody wants fat back again for the flavour that had been lost .
Chemists, chemical? Whatever happened to the good old natural, symbiotic, organic methods? Is it any wonder that once-common species like water voles, skylarks, cuckoos, are rare these days. We've poisoned the very land that we should cherish. All in the name of progress for goodness sake.
Dreadful and toxic caused a lot of illness, to eat a lean beef steak including growth hormones and antibiotics modern farming for quick turn over and government guidelines is going to pay an inevitable toll on health .