Many Brits have been enjoying watching Jeremy Clarkson’s journey on his farm, but one dairy farmer has come out to critique his extortionate prices, among other issues.
Clarkson and his idyllic Cotswold Diddly Squat farm has had viewers laughing, crying and shocked by the council’s incessant interference with the latest third season, but that’s not what’s riled people up this time.
It’s the fact that he’s now charging customers £40 for mushroom powder.
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Jamie Blackett, a dairy farmer from Scotland, wrote in The Telegraph about his views on what Clarkson is choosing to do on his farm and his prices.
The farmer went on to list what he thinks he’s doing wrong and what he’s doing right.
Let’s start with what he doesn’t like:
His farm location is more like Chelsea and caters to celebs
He said: “The area around Chipping Norton where Clarkson farms probably now has more in common with Chelsea than with where I farm.
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“No one around here would think of hiring out goats to local celebrities to rid their wildflower meadows of thistles.”
Mushroom power is unrealistic to sell the public at high prices
Blackett added that it would be very unlikely for his customers to buy mushroom powder, especially at the price Clarkson is thinking.
He said: “If we were able to start a farm shop, there wouldn’t be many customers around here prepared to pay £40 for 30 servings of lion’s mane mushroom powder to go in their coffee. And we would struggle to find anyone to work in it.”
However, it's not all doom and gloom as Clarkson is actually doing some things right:
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Clarkson is refreshingly honest about farm life
Blackett went on to praise Clarkson's 'refreshingly blunt' approach to farm life and the 'raw honesty' he has when running the business.
Blackett said it was 'increasingly lacking in British rural life.'
He wrote: “Jezza's satirical take on the humourless edicts of the ‘pig police’ provide a welcome counter-narrative to the endless stream of directives confronting farmers in this country, though not necessarily elsewhere.“
Clarkson took responsibility of allowing hunting on his estate
The farmer said that he found Clarkson’s willingness to take responsibility for allowing The Heythrop Hunt group onto his farm in April, which led to the Gloucestershire Badger Office and Three Counties Hunt Saboteurs to cause a fuss.
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The former Top Gear lead also received immense backlash for this from the public.
Blackett claimed that 'a lesser man' wouldn’t have 'being willing to stand up and be counted as a shooting man.'
So, really, Clarkson isn’t doing too bad in the eyes of UK farmers.
You can watch Clarkson’s Farm on Amazon Prime now.
Topics: Jeremy Clarkson, Amazon Prime, TV
Britt Jones