Environment secretary Thérèse Coffey had come under fire for talking about the role of seasonal British produce like turnips as the country faces shortages. Now a senior farming union official says the government must act, even if the UK will always need some imports.
rather than thinking necessarily about aspects of lettuce, and tomatoes and similar."
Critics leapt on her ambiguous comments, interpreting them as a call to"eat turnips not tomatoes", when she seemed to be making a point about eating seasonally.Need for 'focus' on domestic food supply "We will always rely on imports to some degree for produce we can't grow here, or to ensure diversity of supply," NFU deputy president Tom Bradshaw said.
Ms Coffey had blamed the shortages on"very unusual weather" in places like Morocco and Spain, which supply much of Britain's fresh produce during dark winter months.These items are usually grown in heated, lit glasshouses during winter in the UK, but were planted later this year as farmers struggled to meet energy costs.
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