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Thank you for the followup; an interesting read. For me, a positive trend I’ve seen over the past few years is a growing number of young people moving back to
by gorgoiler 6y ago
Thank you for the followup; an interesting read.
For me, a positive trend I’ve seen over the past few years is a growing number of young people moving back to the countryside and either directly into agriculture / agribusiness / “ag”, or to doing supporting jobs in agriculture towns.
Commercial farming in the UK has always been an above average social category. The days of the farmstead are almost done, whereas the barley barons — or at least the social class closer to that end of the income spectrum — are on the up.
(If you know The Archers, think Brian Aldridge vs Pip Archer vs Eddie Grundy.)
Like a billion other people, they all post about it on Instagram. It’s surprisingly common.