Diddly Squat Sold A Cheese The Law Said Was Illegal — Clarkson Found The Loophole
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Diddly Squat faced a £250,000 fine for selling a cheese. The rule that banned it was inherited from the EU. Nobody had read it. Until now.
Diddly Squat Farm wasn't banned from making cheese because the cheese was unsafe. It was banned because a post-Brexit food regulation — copied directly from EU law and never reviewed — made it illegal for a commercially successful small farm to qualify as an artisan producer. The fine for ignoring it: £250,000. What happened next changed British food law.
This video covers the specific regulation West Oxfordshire District Council used to refuse Diddly Squat's artisan exemption, why the exemption threshold actively penalises successful small producers, how Kaleb Cooper's insistence on farm-sourced milk changed the entire commercial argument, what the Specialist Cheesemakers Association did after the story became public, and why the framework review now underway will affect every independent British cheesemaker operating today. None of this was covered in the show. Most of it was never reported at all.
This channel covers British farming and rural business at a depth that most outlets won't touch. If you follow Clarkson's Farm and want to understand what's actually happening behind the television story — the business logic, the regulatory fights, the numbers — subscribe and hit the bell. New videos weekly.
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Petty little grey men on councils - trying to drag everyone down to their crappy level which isnlower than shark shit!
Diddly Squat Sold A Cheese The Law Said Was Illegal — Clarkson Found The Loophole
North Fields
25,428 views
#ClarksonsFarm #JeremyClarkson #BritishFarming
Diddly Squat faced a £250,000 fine for selling a cheese. The rule that banned it was inherited from the EU. Nobody had read it. Until now.
Diddly Squat Farm wasn't banned from making cheese because the cheese was unsafe. It was banned because a post-Brexit food regulation — copied directly from EU law and never reviewed — made it illegal for a commercially successful small farm to qualify as an artisan producer. The fine for ignoring it: £250,000. What happened next changed British food law.
This video covers the specific regulation West Oxfordshire District Council used to refuse Diddly Squat's artisan exemption, why the exemption threshold actively penalises successful small producers, how Kaleb Cooper's insistence on farm-sourced milk changed the entire commercial argument, what the Specialist Cheesemakers Association did after the story became public, and why the framework review now underway will affect every independent British cheesemaker operating today. None of this was covered in the show. Most of it was never reported at all.
This channel covers British farming and rural business at a depth that most outlets won't touch. If you follow Clarkson's Farm and want to understand what's actually happening behind the television story — the business logic, the regulatory fights, the numbers — subscribe and hit the bell. New videos weekly.
#ClarksonsFarm #JeremyClarkson #BritishFarming #DiddlySquat #KalebCooper #BritishCheese #FoodLaw #RuralBusiness #Brexit #ArtisanFood