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How low would sfp have to go till you tell them to keep it and farm as you want
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<blockquote data-quote="MOG" data-source="post: 2268698" data-attributes="member: 1649"><p>I came to the conclusion some time ago that marginal areas, such as where we are, cannot possibly compete in an international market to produce food at a price point that remains profitable in a post subsidy situation. It just is not possible. Perhaps if I had inherited 2000+ acres it might have been, but even that is debatable on our small densely populated island. However, I can quite happily produce food as a by product of producing something that society does want, and that is landscape, space for recreation, biodiversity, flood protection and other less tangible but equally valuable "goods". However, in the absence of some form of sub payment taken from taxation of society as a whole, I fail to see a way in which I can charge anyone for those things. I feel strongly that those things should be paid for by those who choose to live an urban existence while needing the countryside. Times change. People are no longer starving and/or working 6 days a week down t'mill. Most people are urbanised but have lots of free time and money to enjoy the countryside, or else have created problems by their sheer numbers in urban areas that only the countryside has the solutions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MOG, post: 2268698, member: 1649"] I came to the conclusion some time ago that marginal areas, such as where we are, cannot possibly compete in an international market to produce food at a price point that remains profitable in a post subsidy situation. It just is not possible. Perhaps if I had inherited 2000+ acres it might have been, but even that is debatable on our small densely populated island. However, I can quite happily produce food as a by product of producing something that society does want, and that is landscape, space for recreation, biodiversity, flood protection and other less tangible but equally valuable "goods". However, in the absence of some form of sub payment taken from taxation of society as a whole, I fail to see a way in which I can charge anyone for those things. I feel strongly that those things should be paid for by those who choose to live an urban existence while needing the countryside. Times change. People are no longer starving and/or working 6 days a week down t'mill. Most people are urbanised but have lots of free time and money to enjoy the countryside, or else have created problems by their sheer numbers in urban areas that only the countryside has the solutions. [/QUOTE]
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