Chasing food self-sufficiency is the wrong goal

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The UK hasn’t been self-sufficient in food for almost 250 years and with all the benefits global trade brings, it doesn’t need to be, says Anthony Warner, development chef at New Food Innovation

The UK is, in relative terms, a pretty terrible place to grow food. As a nation, we lack enough high-quality land and sunlight to make us a significant agricultural power and our unpredictable seasonal rains add a further layer of complication.

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