smallholding : Message: Black farmer questioned by police three times in a week!!!!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/3061659/Black-farmer-questioned-by-police-th
ree-times-in-a-week-for-stealing-food.html

Can there really only be two black farmers in Britain?

Take care,

Karen

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/3061659/Black-farmer-questioned-by-police-th ree-times-in-a-week-for-stealing-food.html Can there really only be two black...

Karen
auntie_mabel

Dec 21, 2008
10:26 pm

Karen there's no way of connecting to that link for me, I've tried all roads for it! I did spot one Coloured Farmer on the John Craven show on the BBC a few...

John
cushyinireland

Dec 22, 2008
12:00 am

*the* black farmer, Wilfred Emmanuel Jones, farms in Devon and also has a home in Wiltshire, where he's the Tory candidate for Chippenham. I think he did used...

jackie bridgen
skewbaldpony

Dec 22, 2008
8:21 am

... I can think of at least one other, a former neighbour of ours http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2007/may/19/foodanddrink...

eliz_moriarty

Dec 22, 2008
3:30 pm

... I'm not quite sure of the slant of their piece. Are they suggesting that ethnic minorities have no culture of farming/smallholding? (which is rather...

eliz_moriarty

Dec 22, 2008
4:03 pm

I would have thought that possibly it was based on land ownership being a problem, although I have to say that I hadn't given it much thought. Perhaps some...

auntie_mabel

Jan 25, 2009
11:19 pm

Maybe WE should take a sidestep on this and not refer to Race or Colour. I'm sure there are many out there, regardless of this, who are contributing a great...

John
cushyinireland

Jan 26, 2009
5:43 am

Why not John? It clearly has to be discussed as it was part of the main thread relating to the apparent woes of a black farmers. We are already safely...

Karen
auntie_mabel

Jan 26, 2009
8:42 am

Oh don't get me wrong Karen, I love your statement you are "a woman of colour" (I didn't know that) some of my best friends from years ago are of what people ...

John
cushyinireland

Jan 26, 2009
12:58 pm

Hi John I'm sorry for not replying sooner, I hope you didn't assume my lack of response indicated anything untoward on my part, I'm feel like my life has ...

Karen
auntie_mabel

Feb 3, 2009
11:11 pm

Inspiring, thanks for posting Elizabeth, was hoping to read a bit more about her, but she doesn't seem to have much of a web presence.... Karen x ...

Karen
auntie_mabel

Jan 25, 2009
11:05 pm

... I'll try to find out what she's up to now, she was doing very well at one point. The Farmer's market she set up in the village is thriving....

eliz_moriarty

Jan 26, 2009
11:24 am

I dont' approve either, Karen. I'm not sure a black kid from an inner city has less chance of becoming a farmer than a white kid from an inner city. I suspect...

jackie bridgen
skewbaldpony

Jan 26, 2009
7:38 am

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