UK food self-sufficiency lower than 30 years ago, NFU says

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The organisation’s Ready to Grow report showed the UK provides less of its own wheat, oilseed rape, fresh vegetables, fresh fruit, beef, poultry, eggs, pork, sugar and potatoes than it did 30 years ago

The UK’s self-sufficiency in 10 out of 11 everyday food items has collapsed over the past three decades, according to analysis by the National Farmers’ Union (NFU).

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