You know diddley squat about farming. 

Jeremy Clarkson sure didn't when he began working the land he'd purchased years ago during an economic downturn. The land sits in Cotswolds in the U.K. and the famed petrolhead, popular for shows like "Top Gear," and "The Grand Tour," decided to begin working the land and become a farmer. 

Why? Because it would allow him to beat the government's death taxes and he wouldn't have to give the government anything when he died. Everything gets passed down to his children. Clarkson decided to do what he did best and turn his exploits into an entertaining television program. 

But Clarkson found out two things very quickly. Firstly, he was wildly ignorant about what it takes to be a farmer, and secondly, the weather, the wildlife, and the government were all working against him, especially the government. The weather may occasionally cooperate, and the wildlife can be dealt with, but the government is a consistent problem for a farmer. 

"Clarkson's Farm" is an incredible show that's hard to stop once you've started it. You begin not only cheering for Clarkson, but you come to love the people he's surrounded by, especially his right-hand man Kaleb Cooper, a young man in his 20s with actual farming experience and whom Clarkson would wholly fail without. 

During the first season, the farm is immediately put under the complications that came with the pandemic and the UK government's restrictions along with it. The regulatory burden Clarkson faces on top of all of that is only made worse by the local council, which clearly has it out for Clarkson. 

The problem with the governments, both international and local, is so bad that Clarkson soon learns that farmers are more or less being driven out of business by regulatory burdens. Creative solutions are oftentimes shot down for one reason or another. There are so many complications from regulations that costs for growing the food that feeds the people are astronomical. 

One thing that's continuously made clear by Clarkson and others is that Clarkson is lucky. He has a massive income from his other shows including the U.K.'s "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" and Amazon's "The Grand Tour." However, other farmers aren't so lucky. When Clarkson finds that his profit during one farming season is only a handful of pounds, he and the audience realize that farming isn't for the weak and farmers who don't have television shows are suffering greatly.

Interviewing other farmers, Clarkson finds out just how up the creek many are without any paddles to speak of. Farmers often go without taking any payment for themselves to keep it running, and as Clarkson and the audience find, new ideas that would actually revitalize the industry are often shot down by the government for reasons ranging from overbearing standards to members of the local government just not liking you. 

The show, while entertaining and bearing a lot of heart, does more to highlight the complications and ridiculous regulations they have to endure to put food on our tables. "Clarkson's Farm" has done more to raise awareness about what our farmers face than almost anything else in history. 

If you can't watch the show for any reason, Phat Memer on YouTube has an excellent rundown of all three seasons, though it doesn't compare to watching the show itself. 

Even with the educational experience of watching the show, you also find yourself invested in Clarkson's ideas. You feel as if you're rooting for a team against the odds, but the team is the farmers in the area who often unite under Clarkson's plans for the benefit of their own farms, such as selling their goods at his local shop. The farmers work together quite often to assist each other to stay afloat. 

Clarkson's ideas are oftentimes brilliant and even prove to be beneficial for the whole area. You'll often see farmers who specialize in certain crops or animals, such as pigs and cows, come over to Clarkson's farm to help him out. Clarkson's love of the animals becomes such a theme that even some of the animals become characters on the show themselves, such as Pepper the white cow. He even creates a patent for pig houses that help keep piglets alive after their mother has given birth to them. 

Watching this show, you'll learn more about farming than you ever did. Unless you grew up around one or have personal experience on farms, you'll find out quickly that you don't know the half of it. It's not just planting seeds in the ground and waiting for them to grow. There's so much more that works against you and as the events unfold, you start to realize that we take farmers for granted. 

Our food just appears for us at grocery stores, but before it gets to that point there's a lot of hard labor, heartache, and a roll of the dice that happens first. As Clarkson said during one of the episodes, a butterfly could flap its wings in China which could cause a chain reaction that ruins your entire crop. 

It's my belief that everyone should watch this show. While it takes place in the U.K., it reveals the hardship that farmers experience all over the world. One thing is for sure, you'll never look at the produce section in your grocery store the same again.