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For the sake of detail here is what Chris Grayling said yesterday about us having to grow more 1/
In one respect he's right. Britain needs to produce more. Our self sufficiency is down to around 60%. 2/
But you can't just say 'grow more' without understanding the mechanisms of agri. That it's a long term business demanding investment 3/
Investment which has been stymied by a dysfunctional retail setor which has fetishised price over continuity of supply 4/
And been allowed to do so by a toothless grocery codes adjudicator which fails to recognise how food supply chains work. 5/
At the same time it fails to recognise that a lot of food produced here is dependent on imports of feeds, fertilisers etc 6/
For example some parts of horticulture are dependent on imports for 95% of their seedlings. No deal brexit means disaster for that 7/
No deal Brexit presumably means an end to freedom of movement. Over 90% of vets in slaughter houses come from abroad 8/
A no deal brexit means that under our own FSA rules, we can no longer slaughter. A few examples of the emptiness to Graylings comment 9/
