"The reality is that modern farming could not exist without enclosure and this process occurred over swathes of Europe as well."
Nonsense
A large slice of enclosed land was used for private pleasure - extensions to estates for hunting and shooting
The Peak District protests exposed this fact
The Cheviot, The Stag and the Black, Black Oil did the same for the Scots seziures
"Modern farming" by the Internationals has virtually destroyed arable land in counties like Norfolk, where the land is worked for a few years and then abandoned to the elements
The workers in the new Industries of the Industrial Revolution relied on being able to supplement feeding their families by taking game from common land and even growing vegetables on it
Mass starvation, The Poaching Wars and transportation was the only result of of enclosure, not better diets
Jim Carroll