Under the section on this website on video and documentaries I have launched a series of podcasts and interviews and this will become a regular practice and which in time I will migrate to a separate site. This will allow listeners to leave comments etc
https://markwritecouk.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/charlie-clutterbuck-interview.mp3
The labour and
trade movement activist explains the massive forthcoming changes in farming
that will put out of business many small farmers, recalls why the EU sought to
develop farming policies that ended European countries dependence on US food
imports, touches on the massive imbalance in land ownership at home and how the
pouring into the UK of a lot of cheaper, poorly produced food will further
raise obesity levels and put further pressure on the NHS and social services.
Clutterbuck notes
that it is a US company, Tate and Lyle, that was the first to benefit from the
Government’s removal of tariffs on imports, literally handing millions from
British taxpayers to American shareholders. Money that could have been used to
subsidise better paid jobs in land-based food producing occupations that would
boost incomes in rural communities.
As a soil
scientist, Clutterbuck investigates the Government’s plans for those that work
on the land and finds a total absence of any detail. How ideas for greening the
land in which big grants may be used to lever in private finance for projects
that might possibly provide an initial job creation boost through rewilding and
tree planting projects are not going to revive rural communities.
The interview ends
with Clutterbuck exploring how to create a direct link using food credits
between producers of high-quality food and the poorest in society.
The interview was
conducted by Mark Metcalf
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