Food Security

Location
Devon
That’s a very good point. What’s happening in Russia. The world can’t shut for 3 months. The economic effect would be catastrophic beyond belief.

No but it looks very likely that all country's with the exception of Russia possible will close down and I think it will be more like 6 months!

Quite clearly there is another agenda at play here and it isn't about saving life's.
 

Martin Holden

Member
Trade
Location
Cheltenham
No but it looks very likely that all country's with the exception of Russia possible will close down and I think it will be more like 6 months!

Quite clearly there is another agenda at play here and it isn't about saving life's.
So what do you suppose the hidden agenda maybe?? Can of worms?? Will this change the dynamics of the western worlds trading relationship with China? Someone will make a lot of money out of this lockdown - I am trying to work out how and then jump on that bandwagon (joking)
 

Swarfmonkey

Member
Location
Hampshire
I'm not going to get my tin-foil hat on quite yet, but I can certainly think of more than a few occasions when states have taken advantage of circumstance to increase control of the population.

Anyway, i'm off for lunch with a mate whose a Sec 5 dealer tomorrow. If you want a couple of hairy-arsed ex forces types setting up an OP to look over your farmyard with something belt fed to hand, what's the going rate? Half a pig per day, and all the spuds we can eat sound reasonable?
 

Dukes Fit

Member
Location
Aberdeenshire
I can’t wait for the meltdown, I’m dusting off my mad max outfit, hacksawing my barrels and gonna start welding a vee plow on to the lorry :mask:

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Swarfmonkey

Member
Location
Hampshire
i think this will be the biggest shock / lifestyle impact change to Mr average UK since WW2

Could turn out to be real interesting. If Mr Average starts having to deal with food shortages because imports are disrupted, then you can bet your boots that Mr Average won't put up with the rewilding loons trying to turn farmland into flood storage/woodlands/weekend theme parks for townies (delete as appropriate), he'll be demanding that the UK grows as much of it's own food as it can.
 

Clive

Staff Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Lichfield
Could turn out to be real interesting. If Mr Average starts having to deal with food shortages because imports are disrupted, then you can bet your boots that Mr Average won't put up with the rewilding loons trying to turn farmland into flood storage/woodlands/weekend theme parks for townies (delete as appropriate), he'll be demanding that the UK grows as much of it's own food as it can.

yes looking for any positives in a bad situation this could be a long overdue wake up call for many !
 

roscoe erf

Member
Livestock Farmer
I’m just stocking up on bullets and cartridges to defend my grain store and lambs from the marauding masses
hard place to defend that open yard you need some barricades and dig a few moats round throw in some fire pits as well you'll be sorted
Land mines already set, razor wire tomorrow and the ultimate deterrent a couple of OAPs with a cough
not the in laws :ROFLMAO:
 

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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