09/10/2026
Some interesting facts about food and farming. These have come to me by email. I hope you enjoy reading them.
Four reminders of what British farming quietly achieves, every single day.
"Hi ,
"It's been a hard year: drought, rising costs, and an SFI window that closed almost as soon as it opened. When you're in the thick of it, the bigger picture is easy to lose. So this week, we're sharing a reminder of what you and farmers like you make possible.
69%
"The UK's 212,000 farm holdings use 69% of all UK land. Most of the countryside people love is looked after by you.
60%
"UK farms produce 60% of all the food we eat by value, rising to 72% for foods we can grow here.
Nearly 500,000
"Agriculture employed almost half a million people in the UK in 2025.
🌳 Did you know?
"England's hedges could wrap round the world almost ten times
"England has 390,000 km of hedgerows, enough to circle the globe almost ten times. Your scheme work makes a measurable difference too: 63.5% of hedgerows under agri-environment schemes are in good structural condition, compared with 46.8% outside them."
I found this very interesting. I hope you did too.
