Now that "selling" has been mentioned, about 15 minutes away from my house there's a small farm, which, for as long as I can remember, always sold farm produce from its medium-sized but very busy shop.
We always bought fruit, vegetables and eggs there and liked the stuff.
For the last decade or so, it was entirely staffed by young, energetic people from the EU, whilst the owner, in his 70s, overtly disapproved that, when talking to each other, they would use their own "lingo".
"You're in England now!" he would "joke" in front of the customers and laugh loudly!
After the Brexit referendum, for which he voted "OUT", they started leaving for any of the 27 countries of the EU.
At first, he tried to replace them with locals, but couldn't find any that were prepared to do that work for that money. Pride would still make him pretend it wasn't really a problem, "We'll be all right just as before we had the immigrants. The country can't do without us farmers!" but every time I went there, I saw the stock was getting less and less and far fewer customers. It was particularly miserable looking round about Christmas.
It was sad, but not really a surprise, to find it "CLOSED DOWN" today.
I shall now have to buy eggs from the... supermarket!
We have a small farm near us that delivers milk, cheese, butter, and eggs. However, they have started reducing the number of days they deliver because of costs and lack of workers.
I wish I knew how many people, out of that "jolly majority" voted to quit in order to be poorer!
Our neighbour farmer voted 'out'. I said I was surprised, given their dependence on EU money. He said he thought it couldn't be worse than it already is. I suggested that was possibly a lack of imagination. He shrugged and muttered a bit. We are still friends . I'm not sure if he still thinks things can only get better, I haven't asked.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I don't mind admitting that I find the "Brexit mess" very worrying. Prices are constantly going up whilst the economy only thrives in the heads of quitters. I was, therefore, amused (if that's the right word for it) to receive this from a non-quitter friend:
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Now that the picture thingy works, I'll try uploading thos t-shirts!
I don't see any women....
T-shirt makers know what..... sells.....
Now that "selling" has been mentioned, about 15 minutes away from my house there's a small farm, which, for as long as I can remember, always sold farm produce from its medium-sized but very busy shop.
We always bought fruit, vegetables and eggs there and liked the stuff.
For the last decade or so, it was entirely staffed by young, energetic people from the EU, whilst the owner, in his 70s, overtly disapproved that, when talking to each other, they would use their own "lingo".
"You're in England now!" he would "joke" in front of the customers and laugh loudly!
After the Brexit referendum, for which he voted "OUT", they started leaving for any of the 27 countries of the EU.
At first, he tried to replace them with locals, but couldn't find any that were prepared to do that work for that money. Pride would still make him pretend it wasn't really a problem, "We'll be all right just as before we had the immigrants. The country can't do without us farmers!" but every time I went there, I saw the stock was getting less and less and far fewer customers. It was particularly miserable looking round about Christmas.
It was sad, but not really a surprise, to find it "CLOSED DOWN" today.
I shall now have to buy eggs from the... supermarket!
Sadly, farming in general, is already badly affected by the Brexit mess. And worse is to come:
Farming businesses 'could be wiped out after Brexit transition'
Select committee says government needs contingency plans to protect consumers and businesses from impact from tariffs
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/feb/18/farming-businesses-could-be-wiped-out-after-brexit-transition?CMP=share_btn_fb
We have a small farm near us that delivers milk, cheese, butter, and eggs. However, they have started reducing the number of days they deliver because of costs and lack of workers.
I wish I knew how many people, out of that "jolly majority" voted to quit in order to be poorer!
Our neighbour farmer voted 'out'. I said I was surprised, given their dependence on EU money. He said he thought it couldn't be worse than it already is. I suggested that was possibly a lack of imagination. He shrugged and muttered a bit. We are still friends
. I'm not sure if he still thinks things can only get better, I haven't asked.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I don't mind admitting that I find the "Brexit mess" very worrying. Prices are constantly going up whilst the economy only thrives in the heads of quitters. I was, therefore, amused (if that's the right word for it) to receive this from a non-quitter friend:
I wish I knew how to improve the quality of the image!
What biting sarcasm!
But it is amusing. Painfully!
Yes, our economy, amongst so many other self-inflicted troubles, is worrying.
I failed to state that before the referendum, the British economy was the fastest growing amongst the G7 countries; now it's the slowest!