Land of Milk and Honey: Digressions of a Rural Dissident by Jamie Blackett Hardc

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A personal account of farming and countryside life in the aftermath of Brexit, coupled with the impact of extreme environmentalism and Scottish nationalism.

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'Land of Milk and Honey, Digressions of a Rural Dissident' is the sequel to 'Red Rag to a Bull, Rural Life in an Urban Age'. The author Jamie Blackett finds himself in danger of losing the family estate as his beef business finds itself in difficulties and the spectre of Brexit bears down on the farming community. Meanwhile he feels under threat from extreme environmentalists attacking the very concept of livestock farming and by resurgent Scottish nationalism threatening the break-up of the United Kingdom. The book is the heart-warming story of how he copes with the crisis by following the example of New Zealand farmers in similar circumstances and successfully switching the farm into dairying, embracing the new creed of regenerative agriculture. Through his struggle the reader comes to understand the crossroads facing the British countryside as it attempts to adapt to free trade after eighty years of agricultural subsidies. We are also guided through the complexities of the changes needed to reach Net Zero carbon and reverse biodiversity loss as he explores the current craze for wilding the land and puts many of its ideas into practice for the benefit of wildlife on the estate. Along the way he becomes an outspoken newspaper columnist and founds a political party with George Galloway in an attempt to break the stalemate in Scottish politics and defeat Nicola Sturgeon's SNP in the Holyrood election. As in 'Red Rag to a Bull', the book contains humour, vivid passages of nature writing and numerous polemical digressions on a wide range of issues in the British countryside. Jamie will be familiar to readers as a freelance columnist writing for The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Spectator and Country Life and a regular commentator on GB News. AUTHOR: Jamie Blackett is a former army officer and a farmer on the beautiful Arbigland peninsula on the Solway Firth in Dumfries and Galloway. He is also an award-winning journalist and a regular columnist for the Daily Telegraph, Country Life and other publications. He appears regularly on television and radio as a commentator on politics and rural issues. His first book, The Enigma of Kidson has been adapted for the stage. Land of Milk and Honey is the sequel to his second book, the much-acclaimed Red Rag to a Bull. In 2020 he won the Charles Douglas-Home Memorial Trust award for journalism and his essay has been published in a short book On Wilding. Jamie is married with two grown-up children.

Author Biography

Jamie Blackett is a former army officer and a farmer on the beautiful Arbigland peninsula on the Solway Firth in Dumfries and Galloway. He is also an award-winning journalist and a regular columnist for the Daily Telegraph, Country Life and other publications. He appears regularly on television and radio as a commentator on politics and rural issues.His first book, The Enigma of Kidson has been adapted for the stage. Land of Milk and Honey is the sequel to his second book, the much-acclaimed Red Rag to a Bull. In 2020 he won the Charles Douglas-Home Memorial Trust award for journalism and his essay has been published in a short book On Wilding. Jamie is married with two grown-up children.

Review

'Jamie Blackett crucially and eloquently stands up for real farming, real conservation and the real countryside, managing to be both lyrical and fearless at the same time.' -- Kate Green, Country Life'a fascinating read for those interested in the countryside and the country...Well worth buying''Blackett's engaging style and lightness of touch belie the complexity of the issues with which he must contend, and make this a compelling read.''Land of Milk and Honey is a book with great variety and change of pace. the description of rural life, its seasonal rhythms, the grandeur of nature and all its creatures are a joy to read.''another highly readable and thought provoking work from Jamie Blackett.''superbly acerbic'The author writes with admirable candour and detachment about his battle to save his farm in the face of adverse balance-sheets. As well as being an eloquent manifesto for saving the countryside from the unhappy fate that has overtaken large parts of urban Britain, this is a stirring evocation of rural life.

Review Quote

'Jamie Blackett crucially and eloquently stands up for real farming, real conservation and the real countryside, managing to be both lyrical and fearless at the same time.'

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The sequel to 'Red Rag to A Bull, Rural Life in an Urban Age'. Jamie Blackett is a columnist in 'The Daily Telegraph', 'The Times', 'The Spectator', 'Country Life' and appears regularly on GB News. A personal account of farming and countryside life in the aftermath of Brexit, coupled with the impact of extreme environmentalism and Scottish nationalism.

Details ISBN1846893666 Author Jamie Blackett Pages 256 Publisher Quiller Publishing Ltd Year 2022 ISBN-10 1846893666 ISBN-13 9781846893667 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2022-06-14 UK Release Date 2022-06-14 Imprint Quiller Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Shrewsbury Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2022-06-14 NZ Release Date 2022-06-14 Subtitle Digressions of a Rural Dissident Alternative 9781846893674 DEWEY 941.47086092 Audience General We've got this

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