Why do we put our food supply at risk?
Why do we eat fruit and veg that's grown abroad, already days old when we buy it, and goes off very quickly?
And why do we carpet our farms with solar panels?
Is it because Brits won't lower themselves to do farm work?
Apparently, according to this report in The Guardian entitled,
UK relies on heat-stressed countries for fruit and veg it could grow itself – report
Five of the UK’s nine most-purchased fruits can be grown domestically – including apples, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and pears – but the UK grows less than 40% of domestic consumption for four of those.
For vegetables, only carrots reach a high level of self-sufficiency (94%), while the UK could grow more of the vegetables most popular with British consumers, including tomatoes, mushrooms, peppers, cucumbers, onions, broccoli and green beans, where only about half are produced domestically.
