Seventy Summers - The Story of a Farm Pt. 4/5 "Today" (BBC 1987)

[@johncourtneidge]

Excellent! A must-watch for everyome. The turning point will come when people replace their selfishness with Socialness, Co-operatively.

[@marklorne6790]

wonderful series ; can't understand how i missed it in 1987 ; probably working, shooting or dog-training

[@marklorne6790]

Having watched Ep.4 it made me realise what a catastrophic impact BSE had on farming and the beef and sheep meat trades. We really didn't realise how simple life was.

[@jorgesantoine24]

While filmed in a style arousing a sense of nostalgia, really is a justification for "modern" farming using modern machinery, pesticides, herbicides, and genetic manipulation, back before organic was a concept. Tearing up of hedgerows to boost production ( see ep. 1). Now they are taking land out of agricultural production to restore and preserve the environment. 😮

[@geraldswain3259]

It's gone full circle as usual, everybody wants fat back again for the flavour that had been lost .

[@Improveng1]

Chemists, chemical? Whatever happened to the good old natural, symbiotic, organic methods? Is it any wonder that once-common species like water voles, skylarks, cuckoos, are rare these days. We've poisoned the very land that we should cherish. All in the name of progress for goodness sake.

[@sarahjones-jf4pr]

Dreadful and toxic caused a lot of illness, to eat a lean beef steak including growth hormones and antibiotics modern farming for quick turn over and government guidelines is going to pay an inevitable toll on health .