Labour shortages have resulted in “catastrophic” food waste and placed huge quantities of further crops at risk, British farmers have warned as they enter peak season for harvesting soft fruit and vegetables.

on.ft.com/3ODT0G1 The limited number of seasonal visas for overseas workers threatens a contraction of the sector, including some farms going bankrupt, industry groups said, just as the recently published government food strategy has outlined the objective of boosting production.

Those who control the food control the world.

Half of the world’s Agri production is dominated by just four multinationals who wield disproportionate powers who since #UkraineWar have raked in tremendous gains from the price surges on grain markets.

politico.eu/article/expert… The four corporations are known as the ABCD: Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Bunge, Cargill, and Louis Dreyfus.

“Russia holds cards in this war that may yet prove to its decisive advantage. When UN sec-gen warns of the spectre of a world food shortage, take notice. Equally, governor of BoE has been much derided for warning of food apocalypse …. but he is right.”

theguardian.com/commentisfree/… Ukraine's top adviser has warned that Russia is deliberately aiming to "kill the potential" of his country and "blackmail" the 🌍 by destroying Ukraine's Agri sector and blockading its Black Sea ports in order to worsen an evolving global food crisis.
rferl.org/a/ukraine-podo…

It’s fishing and farming that became known as Brexit voting industries.
The government pretended that Brexit would help them.

Instead, the government’s post-Brexit actions have seriously harmed them, and in turn, our country’s access to vital home-produced food supplies.

https://twitter.com/Jon_Danzig/status/1439659505248264197

There are around 100,000 farmers and about 12,000 fishers in the UK and those numbers are in decline.
Their vote couldn’t swing the referendum one way or another, but what they produce helps to keep the nation fed.

Almond 🥛 and 🥑 are disastrous for the environment, vegans who buy them instead of 🇬🇧 🥩 and 🥛 should consider impact of diets says @AdamHenson

Those who attack livestock 👨‍🌾 for climate change while buying imported products with high environmental footprint are inconsistent. One almond nut produced in California requires 12 litres of water and some farmers in the 🇺🇸 state are ripping out almond trees because of drought. Almond production in the 🇺🇸 has been criticised for harming 🐝 because it involves pesticides.

🇬🇧 farmers feel helpless. They are forced by the law to abide by UK animal welfare rules, and then they are told they must compete on price with farmers in other countries who are not. It’s impossible.

Solutions? Well, they could take govt schilling and instead of farming …. … move to a bungalow in Worthing so their land could be turned into a Lycra-based theme park for extreme cyclists and disciples of Street-Porter and Packham.

Or they could fight back and try pointing out to British consumers that food from abroad is cheaper because it’s shit.

U.K. govt is ending many forums for labour, NGOs, academics, and environmental groups to advise on trade negotiations. “The depart has decided to stand down all sectoral [Expert Trade Advisory Groups] ETAGs with the exception of financial services,” said letters the Department for International Trade (DIT) sent to panel members obtained by Morning Trade UK.

Govt are betraying 🇬🇧 by reneging on promises that 🇬🇧 would lead the world in animal and food standards. In desperate bid for 🇺🇸 FTA, govt is conceding to 🇺🇸 insistence that our existing food origin labelling is banned.

You won’t be able to work out what you’re buying/eating. US negotiators regard our existing food origin labelling as a barrier to its exports and insist the practice is banned as part of any trade agreement.