Farmers Finance Show

In this bank holiday Monday edition of Farmers and Finance on Food For Thought Radio, I’m joined in the studio by Producer Paul for a lively tour through today’s cost-of-living squeeze and why resilient households start with healthy soil and a compost heap. We react to a short news clip about UK food prices, then range into supply chains, the Strait of Hormuz, and the murky dance between treasuries, central banks and bond markets. Along the way we compare media narratives with first‑principles economics, and swap practical steps from compost and raised beds to self‑custody digital payments. We also revisit the famous Yuri Bezmenov interview and G. Edward Griffin’s work, weigh up the “one humanity” idea versus real‑world tribal dynamics, and discuss how story‑telling, law, political will and economic power shape outcomes. Finally, we spotlight tools like BSV and HandCash for immutable records and micropayments, and even squeeze in a quick recipe for chicken sausages with rice and lemon before wrapping a fast‑moving hour.Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU): https://eciu.net/Council of Economic Advisers (The White House): https://www.whitehouse.gov/ceaFederal Reserve Board: https://www.federalreserve.gov/Strait of Hormuz — Encyclopaedia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/place/Strait-of-HormuzStandard Oil — Encyclopaedia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Standard-Oil-Company-and-TrustYuri Bezmenov — Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_BezmenovG. Edward Griffin — Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._Edward_GriffinThe Creature from Jekyll Island (official Reality Zone page): https://realityzone.com/product/creature-from-jekyll-island-softbound/“Deception Was My Job” (Yuri Bezmenov) — Reality Zone Vintage Videos: https://realityzone.com/product/bundle-vintage-videos/Bitcoin SV / BSV Blockchain (official): https://bsvblockchain.org/HandCash (wallet/app): https://about.handcash.io/Telegram (messaging app): https://telegram.org/X (social network, formerly Twitter): https://x.com/The Traitors (British TV series) — Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Traitors_(British_TV_series)Mafia (party game) — a.k.a. Werewolf — Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafia_(party_game)Rupert Lowe — Official site: https://www.rupertlowe.co.uk/about-rupert/Joe Biden — Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden

In this Farmers and Finance edition of Food for Thought Radio, I sit down with producer Paul to unpack the rising cost of food from the kitchen table up, why many feel squeezed at the till, and how debates over red meat and nutrition get bound up with policy. From there we dive into asset protection with private and hybrid trusts—what they are, why the words on paper aren’t enough without the know‑how to manage them, and how economic power ultimately underwrites political will and the rule of law.We then range across monetary history and incentives: central banking, fiat currency and inflation, and why so many ordinary people feel trapped in a system that disincentivises saving and building. Finally, we explore Bitcoin and, in particular, BSV as an immutable, low‑cost ledger for honest record‑keeping and local trade—making the case for farmers and “truthers” to start small, build parallel markets, and let practice, not theory, win hearts and minds.'Bitcoin SV (BSV) Blockchain Association': https://www.bsvblockchain.org'Bitcoin.org (general Bitcoin resource)': https://bitcoin.org'Trusts and taxes (UK guidance)': https://www.gov.uk/trusts-taxes'UK GDPR principles – ICO': https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/data-protection-principles/'Federal Reserve Act of 1913 – U.S. National Archives': https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/federal-reserve-act'The Creature from Jekyll Island – G. Edward Griffin (publisher page)': https://www.realityzone.com/product/the-creature-from-jekyll-island/'Commodities Futures Modernization Act of 2000 – Public Law text (govinfo)': https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-106publ554/pdf/PLAW-106publ554.pdf'Bretton Woods Conference – Britannica overview': https://www.britannica.com/event/Bretton-Woods-Conference'Russian (Bolshevik) Revolution – Britannica overview': https://www.britannica.com/event/Russian-Revolution'Klaus Schwab – World Economic Forum profile': https://www.weforum.org/people/klaus-schwab'RMS Titanic – Britannica overview': https://www.britannica.com/topic/Titanic'John Jacob Astor IV – Britannica biography': https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Jacob-Astor-American-businessman-1864-1912'Isidor Straus – Britannica biography': https://www.britannica.com/biography/Isidor-Straus'Benjamin Guggenheim – Britannica biography': https://www.britannica.com/biography/Benjamin-Guggenheim

In this episode of the Farmers Finance Show, I set out why the next “gold rush” may be digital: the commoditisation of data via Bitcoin, and why sound money principles matter for farmers, producers and citizens alike. We compare historic monetary pivots (from Bretton Woods to the Nixon shock) with today’s debate over Bitcoin, CBDCs and financial sovereignty, and discuss why incentives, fixed supply and immutable ledgers could realign value creation with real-world goods and services. Producer Paul and I also explore the noisy public narrative around Satoshi’s identity, the BTC/BSV schism, and the controversy surrounding Craig Wright — including claims about supercomputing resources and litigation such as Tulip Trading. Beyond personalities, we focus on education, evidence, and individual responsibility (keys, custody and security), and why fixing incentives in money can help fix downstream systems: food, health, law and politics. If you’re new to this space, start a reading list, give it ten minutes a day, and let the evidence speak for itself.'Bitcoin (white paper)': https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf'Bitcoin Core (software)': https://bitcoincore.org/'Bitcoin SV (node implementation) – GitHub': https://github.com/bitcoin-sv/bitcoin-sv'Craig S. Wright (personal site)': https://www.drwright.com/'Satoshi Nakamoto (background)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoshi_Nakamoto'Richard A. Werner (official site)': https://professorwerner.org/'Catherine Austin Fitts – The Solari Report': https://solari.com/'Mt. Gox (background)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Gox'Genesis block (Bitcoin Wiki)': https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Genesis_block'City of London Corporation (official site)': https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/'Bank of England (official site)': https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/'Bretton Woods Conference (overview)': https://www.britannica.com/event/Bretton-Woods-Conference'Nixon shock (overview)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_shock'Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) – BIS topic page': https://www.bis.org/topic/central_bank_digital_currencies.htm'Klaus Schwab – World Economic Forum': https://www.weforum.org/people/klaus-schwab'TOP500 list of supercomputers (official site)': https://top500.org/'SGI ICE (supercomputer family)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGI_Ice'ElectrumSV (Bitcoin SV wallet)': https://electrumsv.io/'Dave Kleiman (background)': https://www.davekleiman.com/'X (formerly Twitter)': https://x.com/

In this week’s Farmers and Finance, I reflect on a mind‑stretching local presentation about legal status, trusts and privacy, and how these ideas intersect with money and power. We dig into why trust documents matter, how private associations claim to operate outside public obligations, and the centuries‑old tangle of law that keeps most people disengaged. From there, we tackle today’s financial plumbing in plain language — securities versus commodities, bonds, treasury notes and bank‑issued currency — and why I argue this architecture enables perverse incentives, endless debt and war budgets paid by the public. We close by exploring why a sound, commodity‑like digital cash could be a practical antidote. I outline the case for original‑design Bitcoin and the BSV blockchain as scalable, low‑fee, immutable infrastructure for payments and data, why miners’ SHA‑256 proof‑of‑work underpins its resilience, and how widespread use could reduce opportunities for systemic corruption. Along the way we touch on the National Trust, the Bank of England, Joseph Campbell’s mythic ‘Hero’s Journey’, and a few contentious claims that listeners can research further for themselves.'Bitcoin: A Peer‑to‑Peer Electronic Cash System' (Satoshi Nakamoto, 2008): https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdfBSV Blockchain (official site): https://bsvblockchain.org/Bank of England (official site): https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/National Trust (UK): https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/West Yorkshire Police (official site): https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/Joseph Campbell Foundation (official site): https://www.jcf.org/Joseph Campbell – The Hero with a Thousand Faces (publisher page, New World Library): https://newworldlibrary.com/product/the-hero-with-a-thousand-facesSHA‑256 (NIST CSRC glossary): https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary/term/SHA_256Denver International Airport (official site): https://www.flydenver.com/Rachel Reeves – UK Government profile: https://www.gov.uk/government/people/rachel-reevesCestui Que Vie Act 1666 (scanned text via Wikimedia Commons): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Cestui_Que_Vie_Act_1666_%28AEP_Cha2-18-19-11%29.pdfKing’s College London (official site): https://www.kcl.ac.uk/

In this week’s Food For Thought Radio – Farmers and Finance, producer Paul joins me for a wide‑ranging conversation that starts with seasonal indulgences and quickly moves to deeper questions about money, power and community. We explore why fixing incentives and restoring personal responsibility matters, how monetary architecture shapes everything from energy to education, and why locally rooted action can rebuild the social fabric that centralisation has frayed. We also dig into the Post Office Horizon scandal as a case study in institutional failure, touch on history, law and language (from Magna Carta to the Bill of Rights), and finish with a practical primer on Bitcoin: wallets, seed phrases, and why scalability and immutability are the core attributes to watch—along with tools like Exodus, HandCash and ElectrumSV that help newcomers get started.'Bitcoin (BTC)': https://bitcoin.org/'Bitcoin SV (BSV)': https://bitcoinsv.com/'Exodus Wallet': https://www.exodus.com/'HandCash (BSV Wallet)': https://handcash.io/'ElectrumSV (BSV Desktop Wallet)': https://electrumsv.io/'UK Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry (official site)': https://www.postofficehorizoninquiry.org.uk/'Fujitsu UK': https://www.fujitsu.com/uk/'Royal Mail – History': https://www.royalmailgroup.com/en/about-us/our-history/'Magna Carta (British Library)': https://www.bl.uk/magna-carta'Bill of Rights 1689 (legislation.gov.uk)': https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/WillandMarSess2/1/2'Local Government Act 1888 (legislation.gov.uk)': https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/51-52/41/contents/enacted'1 Samuel 15:3 (Bible Gateway)': https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Samuel+15%3A3&version=KJV'Edmund Burke – Biography (Encyclopaedia Britannica)': https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edmund-Burke'Richard von Coudenhove‑Kalergi – Biography (Encyclopaedia Britannica)': https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-von-Coudenhove-Kalergi'Cadbury (UK)': https://www.cadbury.co.uk/

In this Farms & Finance hour of Food for Thought Radio, I’m joined in the studio by producer Paul for a candid conversation about food security, monetary sovereignty, and why community networks of farmers must sit at the heart of a resilient nation. We swap stories from the field (including polytunnels in Somerset and improvised Starlink set‑ups), reflect on apathy versus agency, and dig into the moral framework that should guide how we organise, trade and protect one another. From there, we tackle money: the ‘currency club’, banks, custody and keys, and why peer‑to‑peer tech and accountable local networks could shift incentives—from “number go up” to value anchored in real production. We talk practical first steps for farmers and small enterprises, the culture of personal responsibility (don’t lose your keys), and how economic alignment can accelerate local cooperation without waiting for permission. Fastest hour in broadcasting—done.Bitcoin (protocol and education): https://bitcoin.orgBitcoin SV (BSV): https://bitcoinsv.comStarlink (satellite internet): https://www.starlink.comElon Musk (biography): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_MuskAmazon Web Services (AWS): https://aws.amazon.comMicrosoft Azure (Microsoft Cloud): https://azure.microsoft.comHershey’s (company): https://www.thehersheycompany.comFabian Society: https://fabians.org.ukRoyal Mail (UK): https://www.royalmail.comUK Security Service (MI5): https://www.mi5.gov.ukSecret Intelligence Service (MI6/SIS): https://www.sis.gov.ukEU GDPR overview (European Commission): https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/eu-data-protection-rules_enHenry Kissinger (biography): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Kissinger

With Gary Glendale off gallivanting, I slid into the hot seat for a lively, no‑holds‑barred hour with The Bowlerhat Farmer. We roamed from the state of farming and the weight of relentless regulation to money, freedom and why tools like the BSV blockchain could help peer‑to‑peer trade thrive in the real world. Along the way we aired forthright views on HMRC, digital IDs, CBDCs, and bank bail‑ins, and swapped practical ideas for getting more merchants to accept fast, cheap payments online – right down to WordPress plug‑ins and everyday checkout flows.We also touched on the culture war over speech and censorship, the value of local food networks, and how communities can build their own “PA system” to be heard. Expect spirited chat, some sharp edges, and a through‑line of optimism: ordinary people getting organised, paying one another directly, and keeping their larders full – with or without the permission of the usual gatekeepers.'Food For Thought Radio (FFT Radio)' homepage: https://fftradio.com/'HM Revenue & Customs (UK tax authority)': https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs'Bank of England – The digital pound (CBDC)': https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/the-digital-pound'Bank of England – Operational guide to bail‑in resolution': https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/paper/2026/operational-guide-to-bail-in-resolution'BSV Blockchain (official site for Bitcoin SV ecosystem)': https://bsvblockchain.org/'ElectrumSV (Bitcoin SV wallet)': https://electrumsv.io/'SendBSV – Bitcoin SV Payments for WooCommerce (WordPress plugin)': https://wordpress.org/plugins/bsvanon-bitcoin-sv-payments/'WordPress (open‑source CMS)': https://wordpress.org/'Bitcoin: A Peer‑to‑Peer Electronic Cash System (whitepaper)': https://bitcoin.org/en/bitcoin-paper'Killing Satoshi (upcoming film cited in the discussion)': https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38066534/'Craig S. Wright – personal site': https://craigwright.net/With Gary Glendale off gallivanting, I’m in the chair for a wide‑ranging hour that starts with weather and farm life and quickly digs into money, freedom and the systems that shape both. We compare chasing quick crypto gains with building a transparent, usable financial rail for real people and small businesses, and why many farmers just want fewer bills, fewer middlemen and more autonomy. From digital IDs and bank bail‑ins to why everyday courage and honest conversation matter, we explore how Bitcoin (with a special focus on BSV and the original whitepaper) can power instant, low‑cost payments in the real economy—yes, even for a farm shop checkout or a WordPress site—while keeping our eyes firmly on community, food security and practical action. It’s equal parts shed‑talk and soapbox: questioning tax complexity, the culture of fear, and centralised control; championing local trade, speak‑up energy, and tools that actually work. We finish with a call to keep building the network—more vendors taking BSV, more venues for open speech—and a reminder that thriving neighbours and good steak in the larder beat big numbers on a screen any day.'Bitcoin SV (BSV) – Official Site': https://bitcoinsv.com'Bitcoin Whitepaper (Satoshi Nakamoto, 2008)' : https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf'HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) – UK Government': https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs'Bank of England – Official Site': https://www.bankofengland.co.uk'Bank of England – Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)': https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/research/digital-currencies'Bank of England – Financial Stability and Resolution (includes bail‑in)': https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/financial-stability/resolution'WordPress – Official Site': https://wordpress.org'Vanguard – Official Site': https://www.vanguard.com'State Street – Official Site': https://www.statestreet.com'JPMorgan Chase – Official Site': https://www.jpmorganchase.com'BlackRock – Official Site': https://www.blackrock.com

In this week’s Food for Thought Radio, I sit down with producer Paul for a wide‑ranging conversation linking money, the law and food security. We reflect on media clips about Isaac Kappy and a segment from the Stew Peters Network as a jumping‑off point to ask what really “powers” systems of control, before moving to the core of our show: why farmers and ordinary families get squeezed when currencies are debased and economies are gamed. We revisit the Nixon shock and Bretton Woods, the Howey case, and classic English constitutional principles (Entick v Carrington; Ashby v White), and ask whether today’s administrative penalties and policy creep square with due process and trial by jury. From there we get practical: the difference between custodial and non‑custodial wallets, why some exchanges pause withdrawals, and why beginners often choose HandCash. We namecheck economists Richard Werner and Michael Hudson, discuss derivatives and LTCM’s collapse, and consider whether a sound, fixed‑supply digital commodity like Bitcoin SV could give farmers leverage and communities resilience. We close with ideas for getting newcomers up to speed, building constitutional literacy, and supporting local producers—without waiting for mainstream media to catch up.'Stew Peters Network': https://stewpeters.com/'Isaac Kappy' reporting (Entertainment Tonight): https://www.etonline.com/isaac-kappy-thor-and-terminator-salvation-actor-dead-after-he-forced-himself-off-a-bridge-125293'Andrew Bridgen' (biography): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Bridgen'Restore Britain' (official party site): https://www.restorebritain.org.uk/'Rupert Lowe' (biography): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Lowe'Richard A. Werner' (official site): https://richardwerner.org/'Michael Hudson' (official site): https://michael-hudson.com/'Larry Fink' (official BlackRock bio): https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/about-us/leadership/larry-fink'Long-Term Capital Management' (overview): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-Term_Capital_Management'Ben S. Bernanke' (Federal Reserve History bio): https://www.federalreservehistory.org/people/ben-s-bernanke'Bretton Woods system' (overview): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bretton_Woods_system'Nixon shock' (overview): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_shock'SEC v. W. J. Howey Co.' (Howey Test): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEC_v._W._J._Howey_Co.'Entick v Carrington' (case): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entick_v_Carrington'Ashby v White' (case): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashby_v_White'Cestui Que Vie Act 1666' (context via "Cestui que"): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cestui_que'DVLA' (official GOV.UK portal): https://www.gov.uk/browse/driving'Bitcoin SV / BSV Blockchain' (official hub): https://www.bsvblockchain.org/'Paymail protocol' (BSV Skills Center): https://hub.bsvblockchain.org/bsv-skills-center/paymail/overview'HandCash' (official site): https://handcash.io/'ElectrumSV' (official wallet site): https://electrumsv.io/