UK food tsar slams dysfunctional supermarket culture, which he blames for shortages of fresh produce. #TurnipGate https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64853683
Food shortages due to 'supermarket culture', says Leon co-founder

Henry Dimbleby, co-founder of Leon, says UK vegetable shortages are a result of "market failure".

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The UK's “shortage of vegetables“ due to #Brexit among other things is being reported in Norwegian news. #BrexitReality #TurnipGate https://www.klartale.no/verden/2023/03/03/storbritannia-mangler-gronnsaker/
Storbritannia mangler grønnsaker

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Today's Brexit scam: Waitrose Stirling, having filled the completely empty 'normal' vegetable racks with Charlie Boy's 'Duchy Organics' range, so that it looks as though they actually have stock. #turnipgate #BrexitDisaster
In fact, she put it very precisely that *if* a foodstuff was available in the UK then it would also be available in #NorthernIreland. That says precisely nothing about products that are *not* currently available in the UK (e.g. tomatoes), or whether products available in NI would also be available in the UK. This subtle but important point seems to have been lost on many. 😏 #NorthernIreland #WindsorFramework #TurnipGate

Artist unknown, to me, but aye, 'Let them eat turnip'.

#TurnipGate #ThereseCoffey #ToryShambles #BrexitShambles #Tomatoes

Quite something that Von der Leyen said the #WindsorFramework means “the same food will be available in Northern Ireland as in the rest of UK” when, uniquely in Europe, the UK is rationing salad vegetables. Turnips all round, I guess? #NorthernIreland #TurnipGate
Fruit and vegetable shortages could be “tip of the iceberg”, warns farming union. 🥬 #TurnipGate https://apple.news/AB-yWv39_Qj2PTsp9l_N6zw
Fruit and vegetable shortages could be ‘tip of the iceberg’, farming union warns — The Independent

A reliance on imports is said to have left the UK vulnerable to ‘shock weather events’

I don't want to wade back into #Turnipgate, but I have blogged some (more) wartime advice on how to make healthy salads from seasonal vegetables.

#salad #recipes #WW2 #HomeFront #rationing

https://theunconventionalgardener.com/blog/turnips-on-every-plate/

Turnips on Every Plate! - The Unconventional Gardener

Wartime advice on how to make healthy salads using seasonal vegetables.

The Unconventional Gardener
Fruit and veg crisis explained as supermarkets empty while corner shops are full

For days shoppers have been photographing gaps on the shelves where fruit and veg should be, as some supermarkets resort to rationing peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers

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