Oh, Jeremy. We all worship him, fluffy baritone, dead pan wisdom, and slightly savage Yorkshire charm. Plus the one who taught the world believes that farming is not only admirable, but also incredible.
Clarkson’s farm stands out in rural labor, reminding us that putting food on the table is with dirt, weather tantrums, bureaucracy, and occasionally little orchestras with pigs to fight. It is pleasant, exciting, and undeniably educated.
But, there will always be one, but- Clarkson wielded weather troubles that weren’t related to climate change, and I was forced to grab my tea and think, “Oh, come on.”
Let’s be clear: a man can love Clarkson for his comedy horror, an honest fascination with farming reality, and his big, stupid personality while still scolding him for the boundaries of intentional denial.
Frankly, he firmly refuted any link between extreme weather and climate change (especially when crops drown for a minute and the next time he cooks under unprecedented heat waves, he is frank. The phrase “just the weather, why fuss?” might be used as a gag for top gear, but in the messy fields of Diddly Squat, it’s an incredible dodge.
In fact, Clarkson’s farm is a gift of public understanding. This documentary has transformed metropolitan pesticide phobia into canceled complementary thinkers and brake light observers into early risers to measure rainfall. It is the most unfiltered, unquestionably tempting display case of British agriculture, and for this, Clarkson deserves not only applause, but also a mention, or at least at his bar, a free pint of the farmer’s dog.
His view of climate change simultaneously paints its effects and then figures out their effects–deceived them to be politely like telling the pastor not to worry about preaching because “it’s just a word.”
To be fair, Clarkson seems to have relaxed lately. In a surprise turn, he admits that the warming of the shrugging is part of an exaggerated character, which is an exaggerated character (a joke-shock value) rather than a deep belief. If this is true, then bravely make an enlightenment. As he already knows now, agriculture is not a sitcom. It’s a dynamic education about geology and long-term planning, and the weather is not seasonal anxiety – it has risks.
What a stupid year it was. The tuberculosis outbreak, a catastrophic harvest, has a dramatic failure (two growths) of about 400,000 beetroot seeds, just like irony, but they are a grim reality of natural fluctuations and growing climate stress.
Add to that the revelation that most farms have no money making, many farmers work hours, reinvest every pound to make ends meet – not even their own wages, and it’s obvious: it’s not just shaking onions and drowning seeds.
Clarkson would likely say that the investigation of journalists or politicians cannot match the inner consciousness that arises from daily farm life. He is right. There is no carbon calculator or policy paper, it will tell the story of a flooded field, inner fists and an old jacket through the muddy jacket, when everything is already soaked and spends more rain. That’s TV-no, that’s modern life-present.
But ignoring the connection between “funny farm weather” and our shared warming planet is borrowing Clarkson’s own language “fucking nightmare.” The struggle between farms and climate is not a coincidence, it is systematic. Clarkson is willing to gaze at the truth and bring to the power harvester with the same blunt honesty, elevating Clarkson’s farm from great TV to basic cultural estimates.
So here is my toast to Jeremy: May you continue to farm with angry enthusiasm and unexpected skills. But if you are going to drive climate change on the podium with gentle recommendations, you have to put the wild glare of every farmer (almost every sane audience) who knows that the weather is more than just a performance. This is a warning.
Richard Alvin
Richard Alvin is a serial entrepreneur who is a former consultant to the UK government and an honorary teaching fellow at small businesses and Lancaster University. London Chamber of Commerce of the Year Chamber of Commerce and the winner of the City of London Liberty, who serves businesses and charities. Richard is also the general manager of Trend Research at Capital Business Media and SME Business Research, and is considered one of the leading experts in the UK’s SME sector and an active angel investor and advisor to the newly launched company. Richard is also the host of Save our business, a U.S.-based business consulting TV show.
