What is The Future for British Farming? | Charlie Walford | The Cars & Cuppas Podcast

This weeks podcast, we are sat with Charlie Walford from Upton Bridge Farm Shop to find out about farming, politics and his ever so popular cars and coffee event called Sunday Service. We had this conversation during one of his events which was absolutely awesome, have a watch or listen to find out more. What is Cars & Cuppas?We run regular cars and coffee inspired meets in the South West. We are looking at building Cars & Cuppas into something more than just events. We want to provide you with mega content with customer and personal vehicles. Please subscribe to keep up to date with everything we are up to. Listen on Audio - https://open.spotify.com/episode/3N897Dp1xP1TrC3uY1Vi4e?si=c8VzHC_5TFKMdrWANp-xighttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cars-cuppas/id1715152900Find out more about our next events below:www.carsandcuppas.com/eventsInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/carsandcuppasFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/carsandcuppas/?locale=en_GBTiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@carsandcuppasPeak Automotive:https://www.peakautomotiveltd.co.uk/https://www.instagram.com/peakautomotivehttps://www.rcs-tuning.co.uk/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/rcstuning00:00 - Intro 00:55 - Who is Charlie Warford?03:14 - What is TB?05:05 - Why are farms closing due to inheritance tax?08:08 - How does the weather affect farming?09:51 - Is Charlie still farming?12:46 - What are the fields used for during the floods?13:53 - Are there any changes that will benefit farming?15:53 - What will the next 10 years look like for farming?18:25 - Are the younger generation getting into farming?20:47 - Farming protests 21:54 - Changing careers 24:05 - The cost and time of becoming a financial advisor 26:45 - Parents thoughts on the way farming is going 28:43 - Thoughts on AI33:49 - Changes since Covid 36:06 - How did Upton Bridge farm shop become?39:28 - Petrol heads and farming 42:52 - TVR following in the South West 44:08 - Owning different cars and car meets 47:18 - Money spent on cars 48:38 - Thoughts on the ferrari Luce 50:48 - Owning a porsche 54:55 - Focusing your time on events 55:56 - The growing community of the car scene 57:14 - Growing car media 59:18 - Matt Armstrong 1:01:39 - Cars and Coffee - Sunday Service 1:07:19 - Oldest car at the events 1:10:12 - People bringing their own food and drink to events 1:12:15 - Charging for shows 1:15:08 - Ticket prices VS spending £201:17:12 - Cutting back on the food budget 1:19:36 - Paying for the experience 1:21:50 - What is coming up at Upton Bridge? 1:24:40 - Build 1 car out of interior, exterior and engine 1:25:25 - Outro