Letters: "Increasing the homegrown food supply should be a national security issue of the 'highest priority'"

Stephen Ramsden, Harrogate, discusses UK food security following news that lamb and beef production have fallen significantly in recent decades

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Letters: "Increasing the homegrown food supply should be a national security issue of the 'highest priority'"

As the Farmers Guardian reported a few weeks ago, lamb and beef production have dropped 25-30% over the last 30 years. This is totally due to successive government policies of the last 25 years, and...

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