As if Britain’s food shortages and empty supermarket shelves were not bad enough for shoppers to contend with, they’re now being taunted for it by Euro-cornucopians on social media. Images of ripe, plump fruits and legumes are being posted by Europeans mocking the return of rationing to post-Brexit Britain where tomatoes and cucumbers are in […]
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Michael Gove has tried to reassure Northern Ireland businesses fearing tariffs from a no-deal Brexit that they will be reimbursed by the government. The announcement comes as farmers across the UK contemplate a report passed by the European Parliament today (Friday) that if trade talks collapse “agricultural goods would probably be most affected” by tariffs. […]
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Hundreds of migrant workers from Eastern Europe are being flown to the UK to pick and sort farm produce that would otherwise rot in the fields. The first of several planes carrying foreign farm food pickers landed at an empty Stansted airport, north of London, yesterday (April 16). Around 180 Romanian workers – wearing protective […]
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The National Farmers Union has a major beef with the government about the possibility of chlorinated chicken being sold in post-Brexit Britain. The president of the NFU, Minette Batters used her New Year message to urge the government not to “betray” British farmers in future trade deals with countries with lower standards in their agricultural […]
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