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<blockquote data-quote="CopperBeech" data-source="post: 7657915" data-attributes="member: 8925"><p>And here in, lies some of the issue. Most of the folk who have the time to dedicate to these kind of things, I am always slightly suspicious of why they have that time ? Why aren’t they doing something more productive ? There is a saying about rising to the level of your incompetence.</p><p></p><p>With regard to non farmers representing me, that happens enough as it is <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy :joy:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f602.png" data-shortname=":joy:" /> I always feel it’s a little questionable when folk are being asked to speak for me, or to give their opinion on a subject, that they know nothing about. Social media is full of folk who paint a nice picture but have zero to do with actual farming and making a living from it, so when they are asked to speak for farmers I cringe a bit.</p><p></p><p>I was being tongue in cheek about me taking any part, but I guess if I was asked to be part of a body which I actually thought might represent our views and give us some decent representation, I would be willing to dedicate some of my spare time to it.</p><p></p><p>Re interest to me vs the average person / city dweller. ...... I don’t live in a vacuum. A lot of my friends, my partner etc, are non farming. I don’t come from a farming back ground myself. I am also a social anthropologist by training and trade. It isn’t that hard to work out how the public think or what their priorities are! They are vocal enough about it <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy :joy:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f602.png" data-shortname=":joy:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CopperBeech, post: 7657915, member: 8925"] And here in, lies some of the issue. Most of the folk who have the time to dedicate to these kind of things, I am always slightly suspicious of why they have that time ? Why aren’t they doing something more productive ? There is a saying about rising to the level of your incompetence. With regard to non farmers representing me, that happens enough as it is 😂 I always feel it’s a little questionable when folk are being asked to speak for me, or to give their opinion on a subject, that they know nothing about. Social media is full of folk who paint a nice picture but have zero to do with actual farming and making a living from it, so when they are asked to speak for farmers I cringe a bit. I was being tongue in cheek about me taking any part, but I guess if I was asked to be part of a body which I actually thought might represent our views and give us some decent representation, I would be willing to dedicate some of my spare time to it. Re interest to me vs the average person / city dweller. ...... I don’t live in a vacuum. A lot of my friends, my partner etc, are non farming. I don’t come from a farming back ground myself. I am also a social anthropologist by training and trade. It isn’t that hard to work out how the public think or what their priorities are! They are vocal enough about it 😂 [/QUOTE]
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