{"id":16516,"date":"2014-06-20T16:53:09","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T16:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16516"},"modified":"2014-06-20T16:55:32","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T16:55:32","slug":"harming-subsidies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/06\/harming-subsidies\/","title":{"rendered":"Harming subsidies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you listen to \u00a0the Hill Farmers<\/p>\n<p>bleat about the way<\/p>\n<p>they farm to make a bloody loss<\/p>\n<p>and expect us all to pay<\/p>\n<p>sheep really are the culprits<\/p>\n<p>they gnaw away all day<\/p>\n<p>roots and shrubs and seeds are lost<\/p>\n<p>and it happens come what may<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>and the governments can&#8217;t wait<\/p>\n<p>to give them money<\/p>\n<p>habitats are ruined<\/p>\n<p>its out there<\/p>\n<p>green subsidies are handed out<\/p>\n<p>these Pillar 2 repayments<\/p>\n<p>but basically the fuel<\/p>\n<p>is more despair<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>we let the farmers ruin<\/p>\n<p>the shared environment<\/p>\n<p>then pay them \u00a0to make the minor changes, and<\/p>\n<p>a little is put back<\/p>\n<p>but no one sees the flack<\/p>\n<p>flying every which way<\/p>\n<p>from \u00a0the land<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>trees and shrubs<\/p>\n<p>and woodland even<\/p>\n<p>hedgerows all torn up<\/p>\n<p>and the mincing teeth of sheep<\/p>\n<p>then overrun<\/p>\n<p>we are ruining the countryside<\/p>\n<p>though of course it is denied<\/p>\n<p>Taxpayers pay<\/p>\n<p>and farmers say<\/p>\n<p>there&#8217;s none<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>what was once great forests<\/p>\n<p>habitat for wild life<\/p>\n<p>is now a sterile land<\/p>\n<p>that can&#8217;t support<\/p>\n<p>birds and insects<\/p>\n<p>wildlife in particular<\/p>\n<p>and it matters not<\/p>\n<p>its just not in our thought<\/p>\n<p>They are known as\u00a0<span style=\"color: #444444;\">\u00a0Farming subsidies<\/span><\/p>\n<p>but \u00a0actually harming subsidies<\/p>\n<p>the ecosystem torn down and destroyed<\/p>\n<p>we support the \u00a0degradation<\/p>\n<p>its seems its our salvation<\/p>\n<p>when short term corporate profit<\/p>\n<p>is employed<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you listen to \u00a0the Hill Farmers bleat about the way they farm to make a bloody loss and expect us all to pay sheep really are the culprits they gnaw away all day roots and shrubs and seeds are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/06\/harming-subsidies\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environmental-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16516"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16520,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16516\/revisions\/16520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}