Warning food security will crumble if farmers do not get treated fairly

Supermarket power leaves farmers stranded at bottom of supply chain, MPs told

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Supermarket supply chains risk damaging food security MPs have been told
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Supermarket supply chains risk damaging food security MPs have been told

Farmers have been abandoned at the end of a ‘just in time' supply chain which does nothing more than undermine food security, MPs were warned this week. The Efra Select Committee, which is looking into...

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