Jeremy Clarkson is "trying" to be environmentally friendly on his farm.
Jeremy Clarkson
The 'Grand Tour' presenter - whose new Amazon Prime Video show 'Clarkson's Farm' follows life on his 1,000 acre Cotswolds land - urged people to "buy British food" as he defended his fellow farmers.
He told The Sun newspaper: "I’m trying. But I’m also trying to grow food. Most of all, I’m trying to grow food but I’m trying to cause the least amount of damage.
“And I’m no different, from what I gather, to any other farmer in the country. Yes, I’m going to use fertiliser, I’m going to use insecticides. But I’m also trying not to ruin the landscape.
“The central message is, this is farming in Britain today. It’s not bad. Please buy British food.”
The 61-year-old star revealed he has done a lot to help nature on his farm, including making a "boggy area of insects and lizards".
He added: "OK, here’s the deal. Farming must continue or we will all starve to death. That’s as simple as that.
“I put up owl boxes, I put down turtle dove mix to attract one of the most endangered birds in Britain, we’ve created a sort of boggy area for insects and lizards and so on to come and live.
"And we even have otters living there now. So we’re doing our bit for wildlife, and we spray everything with glyphosate (herbicide), because if we tried to do it organically it wouldn’t grow and then you would have nothing to eat."
Jeremy - who has workers like Kaleb and Gerald helping on his farm - hopes his show can encourage people to learn more about their food.
He said: "As far as I can work out, nobody really knows where their food comes from. So if you’re able to learn a little bit while watching, as you say, some sort of quasi sitcom characters doing it, then that’s all to the good.”
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