• huf [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    3 days ago

    how much of the land in the UK is farmed by the common farmer, and how much is enormous corporate latifundiums?

    • ramble81@lemmy.zip
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      3 days ago

      That’s something else he brought up. How common farmers are getting pushed out because of mega-corps. It’s worth watching at least the first season as most of those questions are answered

      • zedcell@lemmygrad.ml
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        2 days ago

        “Common” farmers are all multi-millionaires who hire farm labourers to do 90% of the work on their farms. Tenant farmers lease chunks of land off of “common” farmers, who are the aforementioned multi-millionaires.