tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21959228.post3952632534784937148..comments2024-03-28T09:14:52.110+00:00Comments on Sinclair's Musings: Re: The Independent and biofuelsMatthew Sinclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05948452770723874618noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21959228.post-49794071148534666332008-04-22T10:32:00.000+01:002008-04-22T10:32:00.000+01:00I thought that a lot of farm land went unfarmed be...I thought that a lot of farm land went unfarmed because of the great depression. Nobody to buy the food.<BR/>Also some farms were abandoned as the Church demanded high tithes. I think this was true.<BR/>The coming of cheap obedient labour from land girls and conscientious objectors were a help to poor farmers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21959228.post-83726512318490399552008-04-16T18:16:00.000+01:002008-04-16T18:16:00.000+01:00Britain had little trouble feeding her population ...Britain had little trouble feeding her population during the war<BR/><BR/>Then what about the colonial food parcels and the lard, Matt?James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.com