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Ending reliance on imports could generate £1.9bn for farmers

Gov urged to look at driving fruit and veg growth ahead of sector review

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock • 3 min read
Food and farming groups have come together to urnge the Gov to get behind British growers
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Food and farming groups have come together to urnge the Gov to get behind British growers

Replacing half of fruit and vegetable imports with homegrown produce would return UK food self-sufficiency to a level last seen in 2000 and generate £1.9 billion for UK farms, a new study has claimed....

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