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‘Some aren’t going to make it’: how pressure on farmers threatens UK food security

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‘Some aren’t going to make it’: how pressure on farmers threatens UK food security
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Food producers are adding their voices to the chorus of warnings about the vulnerability of British supply chains“There are so many decent, capable, productive, efficient arable farmers out there, asking how they are supposed to finance the crop they are meant to be putting in the ground,” Jamie Burrows says.Sitting in his tractor at his arable farm in Norfolk, Burrows is listing the multiple challenges facing him and other food producers. Continue reading...

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