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From the editor: Price freezes are no substitute for proper food policy

This week from the Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

Katie Jones
Editor, Farmers Guardian and Dairy Farmer
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From the editor: Price freezes are no substitute for proper food policy

Like many of you may have been, I was slightly flummoxed earlier this week by media reports suggesting Government would be urging supermarkets to ‘voluntarily' freeze the price of essentials such as eggs,...

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