From Diddly Squat, Jeremy Clarkson is farming’s saviour – The Yorkshire Post says

JEREMY Clarkson is one of Britain’s more unlikely farmers. Born in Doncaster, his primary passion was motoring before he decided to get his hands dirty on failing farmland that he owned in Oxfordshire.
Jeremy Clarkson's new farm shop Diddly Squat Farm Shop in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.Jeremy Clarkson's new farm shop Diddly Squat Farm Shop in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.
Jeremy Clarkson's new farm shop Diddly Squat Farm Shop in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.

He did not expect to make money and expectations were low, hence why the proud Yorkshireman decided to call his new venture in Diddly Squat.

Now his energy, efforts and enterprise have charmed the countryside to such an extent that Clarkson’s Farm is the subject of a documentary TV series on Amazon Prime while the plain-speaking 61-year-old has become the recipient of a top honour at the British Farming Awards.

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And while Clarkson personifies the timeless Yorkshire saying ‘where there’s muck there’s brass’, he deserves the nation’s thanks for doing more than any politician to raise the profile of agriculture, the challenges and the potential of the rural economy.

Jeremy Clarkson's new farm shop Diddly Squat Farm Shop in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.Jeremy Clarkson's new farm shop Diddly Squat Farm Shop in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.
Jeremy Clarkson's new farm shop Diddly Squat Farm Shop in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.

All that is left is for him to diversify and branch out – in his home county.

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