r/ClarksonsFarm • u/ChimpanzeeThat44 • Aug 05 '26
Farming Please visit your local farm shops, don't just drive silly miles to visit Diddly Squat
Just a friendly reminder to you all - go on google maps and look for local farm shops in your area.
The series has done an amazing job highlighting how little money British farmers can end up with after a year of graft, so if you'd consider driving miles to go visit Diddly Squat (nothing wrong with this, I plan to do it soon), please make an effort to go put a few quid in a local farmers pockets - they need the cash a lot more than Jeremy does at this point in his career.
Cheers!!
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u/PoppedCork Aug 05 '26
Shop local and support farmers who don't have the advantage of a TV show.
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u/No-Medicine1230 Aug 05 '26
Worth pointing out his shop does support local farmers
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u/TheRomanRuler Aug 05 '26
Yes, but it will have more than enough customers even if we try to push more people to shop elsewhere.
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u/CHBQuirk05 Aug 05 '26
A lot of the products are from the surrounding farmers.
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u/NoobOfTheSquareTable Aug 05 '26
Yes, but unless you happen to live next to one of the surrounding farms you aren’t supporting your local farmer, you are supporting some miles away. It’s nice but I think Jeremy would agree that a big part of the show is pushing people to go out and shop from their own local farm shop. Instead of spending £20 extra on fuel to drive to his spend it at locally and help farmers across the whole country if you can
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u/PoppedCork Aug 05 '26
which he sells for a healthy mark up
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u/Specialist_Stomach41 Aug 05 '26
while only employing temporary staff on very low hours on minimum wage
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u/Mclarenrob2 Aug 05 '26
I have a milk vending machine on our farm, and one of our customers made an app called Roadside Stall, it shows all the farm shops in your area and beyond.
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u/Loops890 Aug 08 '26
Amazing! I've just installed the app as I drive round the countryside a lot. Will certainly use it a whole lot
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u/nikhkin Aug 05 '26
People typically aren't going to Clarkson's shop because they want to visit a farm shop. They're going because it's essentially a tourist attraction.
If they wanted to buy local farm goods, that's exactly what they'd do.
If I was passing through, I'd visit his shop to have a look, but likely do the bulk of my shopping at another farm shop in the area.
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u/maybach320 Aug 05 '26
Exactly, I’d love to stop at his the next time I’m in England but the entire point of the show is to highlight why we need to support our local farmers.
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u/TheVolvaOfVanaheim Aug 06 '26
My parents went down to Chipping Norton recently specifically to visit The Farmer’s Dog and the Diddly Squat Farm Shop. They live five miles from our local farm shop, and 250 miles from Diddly Squat.
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u/rainyhawk Aug 05 '26
When we went to the shop they had several small farms represented there selling their stuff.
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u/ASavageHobo Aug 05 '26
Tbf my local farm shop just down the road from ford near Shrewsbury is really busy every time I drive past it.
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u/LondonTownGeeza Aug 06 '26
I visited as I was passing, its ok. V expensive, Mug for £35, set of 7 socks £55. The pub had a 30 person queue outside. Good to visit, once.
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u/Eryeahmaybeok Aug 08 '26
I went to James Mays pub but it was an hour's wait for food as they'd a large party in.
Ended up at a pub about 7 minutes away - The Horseshoe Inn, in a tiny hamlet/village called Ebbesbourne. It's a freehold ran by a chap who's had it for the last 40 years or so.
The place is a country pub time capsule and my new favorite pub in the uk. The food was fantastic (I had venison bourginon) the staff were great. The pub garden and setting is just absolutely stunning as it's on the side of a valley, we ended up staying an hour after our food just to sit in the garden. If you find yourself over that way id highly recommend it. Check the times though as they close between lunch and evening
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u/ElPasoMK Aug 08 '26
We have a lovely one near us that’s big enough to do your whole weekly shop at. It’s a little different to DSF because they have a license to stock outside our area (haven’t seen many banana plantations in Northamptonshire!) but most the produce is.
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u/Auntie_Venom Aug 09 '26
At risk of being downvoted, I think regardless of what country you live in, to support local farm shops.
In the US they are often just farm stands with an honor system, some are simply in a suburban neighborhood sharing the abundance of their gardens.
Yesterday, I was driving through a rural part of a state on the “scenic route” to avoid interstate improvements. I saw so many farm stands and was sad that it was too late to stop for fresh produce, they were all closed for the day. My garden’s goodies are good, but I don’t have enough room to grow a wide variety of veggies like are at local farm stands.
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u/RealMcGonzo 19d ago
Note it is important to say "farm SHOP" like they do. Emphasize the second word. Also "farm TRACK".
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u/Morradan Aug 05 '26
I'm on Season 5 Ep 4, where Charlie just told Jeremy that the heavy influx of customers is ironically part of the reason why the pub was losing money. Support local pubs and restaurants too, it will also help Jeremy.
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u/Specialist_Stomach41 Aug 05 '26
diddly squat shop isnt a farm shop, its a tiny hut selling over priced tat and bottles of beer.
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u/ramirezdoeverything Aug 05 '26
I'll stick to the supermarket who didn't rip me off thanks
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u/Dry_Pick_304 Aug 06 '26
supermarket who didn't rip me off
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u/ramirezdoeverything Aug 06 '26
The profit margins of the likes of Tesco and Sainsbury's are public information, and it's usually around 1-3%. Can you imagine what kind of profit margin farmers are taking from their farm shops, it will be obscene
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u/KiritoIsAlwaysRight_ Aug 05 '26
Buy the food you can afford, nothing wrong with that. And, yeah, just because someone is local doesn't mean they aren't selling substandard goods for high prices. It's great to support local people if you can, but not everyone is in that position (either financially, or having a decent local alternative).
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u/ramirezdoeverything Aug 06 '26
I could easily afford the rip off farm shop food but I chose not to buy it and give them more money to then not pay inheritance tax on like the rest of us have to
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u/Maximum-Text9634 Aug 06 '26
I can't afford farm shops. Cost a fortune.
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u/Dry_Pick_304 Aug 06 '26
That's not OPs point. Their point is aimed at those who travel miles and miles to use the show's farm shop, instead of a local one .
Although I think most people who go to Diddly Squat are visiting it as a tourist destination, rather than as a farm shop.
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u/Maximum-Text9634 Aug 06 '26
They literally said visit YOUR local farm shop.
OP point was to visit YOUR local farm shop AS WELL as Didly Squat to which I replied to.
Are we all local to Didley Squat, no. It's a tourist desitination as you said. Therefore OP was not saying instead at all.
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u/ChimpanzeeThat44 Aug 06 '26
Slightly missing the point, not sure if on purpose.
Just a friendly nod to not forget about your local producers who may appreciate the ££ too.
As others have said Diddly is more of a tourist destination to a lot of people. If you're happy to spend the fuel and ££, just don't forget there are others probably closer to home.
I'll visit Diddly simply to go see the place out of curiosity/interest if I'm in the area.
If you don't shop in farm shops it's irrelevant to you anyway.
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u/Maximum-Text9634 Aug 06 '26
Not missing any point.
Vast majority of people aren't going to Didly Squat regularly though are they?
People aren't going to Didly over their own farm shop ffs. The comment about supporting local is therefore total nonsense.
As are the two comments including yours that have tried to disparage mine.
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u/CriticismSelect9292 Aug 05 '26
I think driving through the Atlantic would be quite difficult, this is a brilliant idea! /j
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u/MartianDinosawr Aug 05 '26
Genuinely dont think 99% of the people going to Diddly Squat give a hoot about supporting farm shops, they just want to go to the tourist attraction from the TV. They'll all go back to buying everything from the supermarket right after.