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<blockquote data-quote="Princess Pooper" data-source="post: 6986050" data-attributes="member: 971"><p>There are some very wealthy Italian families that dominate fresh produce growing in the Vale of Evesham / Pershore area. There is also an Asian grower in the Leics area - not sure if he owns land or just rents it, but certainly runs his own business. Before now some rather judgemental passers-by have called police when he has been seen picking in his fields, they thought he was knicking it.</p><p></p><p>There are some horticultural local food projects in some areas like Bolton where Asians are renting land to grow exotic crops but fairly small scale. Given the number of BAME immigrants whose family have farming roots in Pakistan, India or the Caribbean it is surprising there are not more. Some are very knowledgeable about farming even though they might be driving a taxi, because they still have relatives farming. A taxi driver from Leicester came to pick me up once and almost burst into tears when he smelt our farm smells - it reminded him of his childhood on his grandparents farm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Princess Pooper, post: 6986050, member: 971"] There are some very wealthy Italian families that dominate fresh produce growing in the Vale of Evesham / Pershore area. There is also an Asian grower in the Leics area - not sure if he owns land or just rents it, but certainly runs his own business. Before now some rather judgemental passers-by have called police when he has been seen picking in his fields, they thought he was knicking it. There are some horticultural local food projects in some areas like Bolton where Asians are renting land to grow exotic crops but fairly small scale. Given the number of BAME immigrants whose family have farming roots in Pakistan, India or the Caribbean it is surprising there are not more. Some are very knowledgeable about farming even though they might be driving a taxi, because they still have relatives farming. A taxi driver from Leicester came to pick me up once and almost burst into tears when he smelt our farm smells - it reminded him of his childhood on his grandparents farm. [/QUOTE]
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