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UK (cut off from land longest, large farms early, import lot,
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concentrated
food sector, now retail sector) history to learn..
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“Repeal of Corn Laws” in mid 1800’s. ‘Chartists’ at that time
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were
not in favour as it ‘simply meant bosses could pay
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workers less’.
Enabled 1st industrialisation.
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This was the “food policy” then – ‘cheap’ food, and like many
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policies
was born out of battle between class and land.
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Income generated by crops reduced as did the political power
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of
land ownership that gave rise to ‘mercantilism’.
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Put UK farming into 80yr decline with lack of investment and
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innovation
until after 2WW. This is the first example of…
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