Who’d be a farmer? Clarkson’s Farm on Amazon is great entertainment but it also gives some indication(迹象，暗示) of the stresses and challenges behind the farm gate(在农场大门背后，指农场内部). Would anyone who lacked the significant alternative income that Clarkson is lucky to have want that?(那些不像克拉克森那样幸运地拥有可观额外收入的人，会想要那样的生活吗？) Well, actually, yes.
谁会愿意当农民呢？亚马逊上的《克拉克森农场》是很好的娱乐节目，但它也让我们得以一窥农场大门背后的压力和挑战。那些不像克拉克森那样幸运地拥有可观额外收入的人，会想要那样的生活吗？嗯，事实上，会。
I’m an entrepreneur who owns a farm, as opposed to(与……相对，而不是) hands-on(亲身实践的，动手的) running the small one I bought 25 years ago, but as I look around the industry, I’m struck(使印象深刻，使突然想到) by a significant fact: the very reason I can be known as the Black Farmer is because I am such a rarity(稀有，罕见的人或物) that it makes me readily identifiable.
我是一位拥有农场的企业家，而不是亲手经营我25年前买下的那个小农场，但当我环顾整个行业时，一个显著的事实让我印象深刻：我之所以能被称为“黑人农夫”，恰恰是因为我如此罕见，以至于很容易被认出来。
Because of what I do, people – many of them British minorities – often ask me how they can be farmers, how they can secure(获得，争取到) some land and set up for themselves(自立门户，自己创业). Don’t be surprised at that: among Britain’s minorities, millions have rural origins in lands abroad. It is a mistake to see people of colour as intrinsically(内在地，本质上) urban – my own origins are in rural Jamaica. But when they ask me, I can’t really help them. There is no obvious route for them to follow, and there is precious little(极少，几乎没有) land they could possibly farm. This is the reality. In 2025, when Defra(英国环境、食品与农村事务部) completed its most recent survey of principal farmers and holders in England, it found 99.7% of those who responded self-described(自称的，自我描述的) as white.
因为我的工作，人们——其中许多是英国少数族裔——经常问我他们怎样才能成为农民，怎样才能获得土地并自立门户。对此不必感到惊讶：在英国的少数族裔中，数百万人有着海外乡村的根源。将有色人种视为天生属于城市是错误的——我自己就来自牙买加的乡村。但当他们问我时，我并不能真正帮助他们。他们没有明显的路可循，而且几乎没有可供他们耕种的土地。这就是现实。2025年，当英国环境、食品与农村事务部完成其对英格兰主要农民和土地持有者的最新调查时，发现99.7%的受访者自称是白人。