The King’s table

By: Trademagazin editor Date: 2023. 07. 27. 11:26

Charles III, the newly crowned King of England, has strong ideas about modern food production and eating, and has been an advocate of organic farming for decades. British newspapers say: in his current position, he has a unique opportunity to shape the way the British people think about health.

This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2023/6-7.

Charles has been an advocate of organic farming for long

But the question is how his subjects will receive his ideas, as the needs of Brits are best understood by the food industry: British supermarkets are probably still full of Coronation muffins and sweets, and strong Coronation beers. The meals Charles and Queen Camilla eat are mostly fruit and vegetable-based, preferably organic produce from their own garden, and they also like fish and salads.

With a progressive attitude

In order to reduce his carbon footprint, the King is a vegetarian two days a week and doesn’t eat dairy products on another day. However, the majority of the subjects of Britain’s first green-thinking monarch are fans of Sunday roasts, chips and chicken tikka masala. Health optimists believe that the way a nation’s leaders (and their families) eat has a huge influence on the people. Charles was an early proponent of organic farming, even when it was still new enough to be mocked by both the press and his own family members.

Still, Charles is said to be regarded as a hero by British small farmers, and his views on climate change and regenerative farming have made him very popular with the representatives of progressive agriculture. The king converted 1,100 hectares of land in Gloucestershire into an organic farm, which later supplied a range of products to Duchy Originals, a company he founded in 1990. Profits are donated to charity; the business is now likely to be taken over by Prince William. //