Food Politics Part 1 - What are farming subsidies: A Broad explanation

In this installment of a series of podcasts about "Food Politics", I chat about what farm subsidies are. I am by no means an expert but chat broadly about where they come from and who gets them. In the next episodes, we'll go into more details about this fascinating subject. Music by: David Cutter Music - http://www.davidcuttermusic.com Outro Music by: https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Links / References: https://fullfact.org/economy/farming-subsidies-uk/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_subsidy http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/21641/agriculture/farming-subsidies-in-the-uk/ https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/cap-overview_en https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jul/01/farm-subsidies-blatant-transfer-of-cash-to-rich https://www.desmog.uk/2015/07/27/landed-gentry-jackals-claiming-billions-farm-subsidies