UK Column News - Monday, 27th February 2023 39:45 - Who Is To Blame For UK Food Shortages?

 

UK Column News - Monday, 27th February 2023 39:45 - Who Is To Blame For UK Food Shortages?

39:45 Supermarkets blame poor foreign harvests for fruit and veg rationing

Retailers blamed as supermarket shelves empty again

Heating costs add further threat to UK produce sector

Farmer frustration at low returns from supermarkets

Egg producers ‘on the brink’ as 30% cost rise wipes out profits

UK is 30–40 years away from 'eradication of soil fertility', warns Gove in 2017

Funding for farmers and land managers to pay farmers to stop growing food

Leaving farming: The optional Lump Sum Exit Scheme

AB15: Two year sown legume fallow to pay farmers to grow flowers

Only 100 harvests left in UK farm soils, scientists warn

New Scientist: The idea that there are only 100 harvests left is just a fantasy

Do we only have 60 harvests left? Hannah Ritchie: “But the ‘60 harvests’ claim is quite clearly false.”

Guardian: Labour dreams of a slightly better Britain. But a truly great country is within reach—I’ve lived there