Once again a season's summary as I'll mention things other than in this last episode. My memory is also failing so I'll refer to some people in the third party. Sorry, sucks to get old.
I loved this season more because of the cattle than anything. I can personally relate to "cows", having grown up on a dairy farm. I can tell all that watched that there is no made up drama here. Everything about the cows - from buying (we bought most of our stock at auctions, pure bred Brown Swiss for us), breeding (we had a bull on site, always rotated after a year to keep the gene pool fresh), and to the calving.
Oh the calving. The scenes of the birthing, like the lambing, were probably nothing you'd see on network TV and a tip of the hat to Amazon for telling it like it is.
Everyone always cringed when I described having my arm the cow up to my shoulder. (Of course, the local kids knew because they did it too). Now I can actually point people for them to see it.
Oh my goodness, the calf puller rig was awesome! It would have been so much easier than a portable block and tackle with one end tied to a post!!!
Kaleb was a hero when he rescued the calf in distress. The color was so off I didn't think it would make it and cried and cheered when it did ! Job well done. I think the summary that the calf would have died had it not been pulled then probably minimizes reality - a vet could have birthed it but there would be a good chance the cow would have died and for sure would have probably lost her uterus if not. No matter what the cow would have no more calves.
The rest of the thread about the restaurant and the local planning just made me mad. I was heartbroken when Jeremy got the neighbors together and heard that ALL OF THEM would probably lose their farms unless Jeremy's restaurant was able to buy up their goods. The milk lady's story was especially heartbreaking - losing so much of the herd to TB meant their milk production and profit dried up. So sad. And every one of them had some piece of their production that didn't compete with any of the other producers (although they had overlap certainly, but they weren't there to out-position each other, only to move what product they could that didn't compete with their neighbors. That's being neighbors.
At the hearing I'm surprised Jeremy and his legal team didn't make more of this - I would have hoped that hearing that their decision not only affected Jeremy but all of the nearby farms should have had some impact on them. But I think they was nothing Jeremy could do or say that would swerve them. So sad.
Kaleb is a treasure. He's so young but so wise. I loved his trip to London to sell the Wasabi (or was that last season?) The award ceremony from the Farmers association was a real treat. And Jeremy giving credit to Kaleb was really out of place for him. And the final helicopter ride was such a treat. I hear that Kaleb has branched out with some of his own ventures but hope he will be back for season 3.
I liked seeing more of Lisa.
But to drive it home, to the council and planners, Jeremy Clarkson is a saving grace to your community. Like no other farmer in your area Jeremy can afford to throw his own money in to make up the operating shortage (a fair amount of it probably paid by Amazon and the show). Nonetheless, Jeremy can afford it. YOUR NEIGHBOR FARMERS CAN'T! You seem to have a personal burr under your saddles about Jeremy - the rich guy whose motto is "it's easier to apologize than ask permission" but by denying him his development and improvements your hurting not only him but all of the neighboring farms that would have contributed to the locally grown foods you so much wanted.
The demise of all the hens wasn't closed. Foxes? Badgers? Mink??? Another setback. Buy more chicks at the seed store in the spring.
The whole restaurant thing was clearly rushed. They glossed over all the stuff that a restaurant really needs - where was the health inspector? No restaurant I've ever seen didn't have a final inspection. Running water, hot water, waste water, dishwasher, sinks all seemed absent in the kitchen. The concept that all of this was done in two days is a little bit of a stretch but it made for a good story. And the local naysayers stayed away. Hopefully the locals that came will have good words and maybe they'll be able to get the intended site up and running.
PS. That stuff with the markers on the road was nothing short of a bunch of vindictive third graders with playground monitor badges. How disgusting.
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Can't wait for Season 3.
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