Vegetables are travelling further than the average Brit this summer

The public is becoming increasingly frustrated with leading supermarkets stocking imported fruit and veg when the same produce is in season on UK farms, according to new research from Riverford

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Vegetables are travelling further than the average Brit this summer

With the majority of the British public enjoying their holidays in Spain this year, this means some veg has travelled up to eight times more than the average UK holidaymaker this summer. It comes...

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