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Nowt but a fleeting thing: a young farmer's fight for survival        Video        The Guardian        18 November 2019

 

A film about a young farmer’s

connection to the land, his animals

and a changing world in the north of England.

 

Battling against unsustainable farming methods

and an unenthusiastic market,

Adam Crowe continues

to work on two neighbouring farms

while fighting to launch his own business

and breed a flock of sheep.

 

In rural Britain,

the threat of poverty is often frighteningly close

 

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N9SnOnGUvg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

farmer        UK

 

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=1N9SnOnGUvg
video - G - 18 November 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA > farm workers        UK / USA

 

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/14/
912752013/wildfires-make-dangerous-air-for-farmworkers-it-s-like-you-can-t-breathe

 

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/07/
909314223/farm-workers-face-double-threat-wildfire-smoke-and-covid-19

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/08/08/
900220260/without-federal-protections-farm-workers-risk-coronavirus-infection-to-harvest-c

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/28/
undocumented-farmworker-us-immigration-california

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/31/
us-coronavirus-outbreak-california-farm-workers

 

 

 

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/12/01/
564994235/health-risks-to-farmworkers-increase-as-workforce-ages

 

 

 

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/01/29/
464758284/activists-demand-a-bill-of-rights-for-california-farm-workers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

agricultural workers

 

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/17/
913587286/-i-have-to-work-agricultural-workers-in-the-west-harvest-crops-through-fire-smok

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

harvest crops

 

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/17/
913587286/-i-have-to-work-agricultural-workers-in-the-west-harvest-crops-through-fire-smok

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Related

 

NPR > Special series > Brave new workers        USA

https://www.npr.org/series/532955674/
brave-new-workers

 

 

 

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