Around 40% of the country's food is imported with 20% of fruit and vegetables coming from areas at risk of 'climate breakdown'.
The farm's managing director Simon Beckett says they import goods because customers have come to expect to be able to buy the full range of fruit and vegetables all year round."Consumers will probably have to accept some form of change," he said.
MPs say the Government should be promoting healthier and more sustainable diets, including a reduction in meat and dairy. At Coopers Hill Farm in Worcestershire Adrian Bytom has diversified, renting out buildings on his farm, in order to afford to farm fewer cattle in a more sustainable way. He believes that is how farmers will survive a move away from mass production.
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