The real reason behind UK food shortages
1 year, 9 months ago

The real reason behind UK food shortages

The Independent  

Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. She recently told MPs that a solution to the food supply chain issues is to eat more British vegetables, and “cherish” UK produce. “We have decided to quit apple growing in two years’ time after 40 years of growing fruit,” one grower told the British Apples and Pears association. Minette Batters, president of the National Farmers’ Union, said that domestic production of salad – which includes tomatoes and cucumbers – is at its lowest level since 1985. This is all happening at a time when we are encouraged to eat healthily, to reach our five a day, prepare from scratch, minimise ultra-processed food – but food supply chain issues like this make that much harder.

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British farmers warn of bitter harvest
1 month ago

British farmers warn of bitter harvest

China Daily  

Farmers claim they have been fighting a financial battle for years. Clarkson has now become a figurehead for farmers' discontent, most particularly over the new government's planned reforms to inheritance tax on farms, which Webster called "a culture war that shows they have scant regard for country life". "After that strike, the few mines left were private and they do …

British farmers warn of bitter harvest
1 month ago

British farmers warn of bitter harvest

China Daily  

Farmers claim they have been fighting a financial battle for years. Clarkson has now become a figurehead for farmers' discontent, most particularly over the new government's planned reforms to inheritance tax on farms, which Webster called "a culture war that shows they have scant regard for country life". "After that strike, the few mines left were private and they do …

Supermarkets urged to act amid warnings British agriculture is ‘on its knees’
1 year, 3 months ago

Supermarkets urged to act amid warnings British agriculture is ‘on its knees’

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. We need a fairer, shorter, and more transparent food chain.” …

More food shortages could add to Britain's price pressure
1 year, 8 months ago

More food shortages could add to Britain's price pressure

Firstpost  

Growers, farming unions and shop owners warn of more shortages ahead, possibly soon spreading to other homegrown crops, including leeks, cauliflowers and carrots because of summer drought and winter frosts London: Britons already reeling from the biggest rise in food prices since 1977 may have to get used to shortages of fresh vegetables as soaring costs and unpredictable weather hit …

UK is grappling with vegetable shortages. How did it happen?
1 year, 9 months ago

UK is grappling with vegetable shortages. How did it happen?

The Independent  

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Supermarkets run out of turnips after Tory minister tells Brits to eat them to avoid shortages
1 year, 9 months ago

Supermarkets run out of turnips after Tory minister tells Brits to eat them to avoid shortages

The Independent  

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UK Vegetable Shortage: Govt Says Crisis Could Last for a Month
1 year, 9 months ago

UK Vegetable Shortage: Govt Says Crisis Could Last for a Month

News 18  

Some of the UK’s largest supermarkets, like Tesco, Asda, Aldi and Morrisons are limiting sales of some fruit and vegetables. Tesco, the UK’s largest supermarket, said they have put limits on sales of tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers and have limited it to three per customer. The UK also grows its own produce and it uses that along with produce grown …

‘Let them eat turnips’: Tory minister wades in on how to ease supermarket shortages
1 year, 10 months ago

‘Let them eat turnips’: Tory minister wades in on how to ease supermarket shortages

The Independent  

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The tiny profit UK farmers make from the food they grow
2 years ago

The tiny profit UK farmers make from the food they grow

The Independent  

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Farmers warn of vegetable shortages in supermarkets
2 years ago

Farmers warn of vegetable shortages in supermarkets

The Independent  

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Planet Normal: We're sleepwalking into food shortages, warns TV farmer Gareth Wyn Jones
2 years, 1 month ago

Planet Normal: We're sleepwalking into food shortages, warns TV farmer Gareth Wyn Jones

The Telegraph  

"Cheap food comes at a cost. Gareth Wyn Jones' family have been farming in the Snowdonia mountain range for 375 years, but it's the current state of farming that has him concerned. And I am telling you now, this is a fact: this world is sleepwalking into food shortages if we're not careful." On the Planet Normal podcast this week, …

How the labour squeeze is changing the food we eat
2 years, 6 months ago

How the labour squeeze is changing the food we eat

The Telegraph  

The recent heatwave is only making the situation more tense. That’s your salary for the year gone up in flames.” He adds there is “massive uncertainty about which workers are actually coming and to be honest, you can’t relax until they actually turn up”. Yet Nick Allen from the British Meat Processors Association says many plants are still running “slower …

More turn to food banks in United Kingdom as food and fuel bills soar
2 years, 7 months ago

More turn to food banks in United Kingdom as food and fuel bills soar

LA Times  

A local resident sits at the Community Food Hub in London on May 4. Skyrocketing energy and food bills are pushing millions deeper into financial hardship, and food banks and community groups like Dornelly’s across the United Kingdom say they don’t have enough to feed the growing numbers of desperate people knocking at their doors. “We used to be able …

UK ‘unprepared’ for soaring food prices and shortages from Ukraine war
2 years, 7 months ago

UK ‘unprepared’ for soaring food prices and shortages from Ukraine war

The Independent  

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UK ‘sleepwalking’ towards food shortages, farmers warn
2 years, 7 months ago

UK ‘sleepwalking’ towards food shortages, farmers warn

The Independent  

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Farmers to slash food production after worker shortage causes ‘unprecedented’ waste
3 years, 2 months ago

Farmers to slash food production after worker shortage causes ‘unprecedented’ waste

The Independent  

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Expert economist’s expert answers to your supply crisis questions
3 years, 2 months ago

Expert economist’s expert answers to your supply crisis questions

The Independent  

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Food suppliers warn of panic buying and empty shelves over winter
3 years, 3 months ago

Food suppliers warn of panic buying and empty shelves over winter

The Independent  

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Brexit to blame for fast-food chicken shortages as ministers fail to help, industry says
3 years, 4 months ago

Brexit to blame for fast-food chicken shortages as ministers fail to help, industry says

The Independent  

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Could the UK really run out of food?
3 years, 4 months ago

Could the UK really run out of food?

The Independent  

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