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UK farmers call to make food security a priority for a post Brexit scenario

Wednesday, August 8th 2018 - 09:50 UTC
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British farmers have called on the government to make food security a top priority on the day the country’s cupboards would run bare if households relied only on British produce. A long-term decline in self-sufficiency that has stagnated at around 60% in recent years means around three quarters of the shortfall is imported from the rest of the European Union. Read full article

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  • Don Alberto

    Not to worry.

    Post Brexit with its ration books probably won't be much worse than 1947.

    Aug 11th, 2018 - 01:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0

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