Prince Charles has taken to urging his fellow Britons to drive tractors and pick vegetables and fruit.
. And as of this week, he has taken to urging his fellow Britons to drive tractors and pick vegetables and fruit.
“Food does not happen by magic,” Charles said in a video posted to Clarence House’s official Twitter account on Tuesday. “If we are to harvest British fruit and vegetables this year, we need an army of people to help.” Which is to say the government needs “many thousands” of people to enroll in, its campaign to help furloughed workers “seize an opportunity for a very different kind of work.”
Charles, Clarence House noted, is “a farmer himself.” But you wouldn’t know it from the video. While Charles is standing in a garden, he’s also wearing a tie and a blazer—and notably not wearing a mask. Perhaps that’s why the 71-year-old is separated from the cameraman by a wire fence. Still, Charles is familiar enough with plant husbandry to know it involves quite a bit of dirt. “I do not doubt that the work will be unglamorous and at times challenging,” he said. “It will be hard graft but is hugely important if we are to avoid the growing crops going to waste.”The Prince of Wales has shared a message in support of the
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