Brexit Britain: Grow-your-own-salad country Vs start-up nation

The rolling fields of Devon. Photo by Veronica White on Unsplash

What’s a sustainable ambition for Brexit Britain? Not to become a start-up nation but to grow your own salad.

I kid you not. It’s true.

In the short term, the only way to reliably get ingredients for a salad (the usual lettuce, tomato, cucumber) is if you grow your own.

If you want to know just how bad things are in Britain today — in the sense of disconnectedness from the land and the food supply chain — have a listen to Abi Reader. She is a leader of British farmers and a third-generation farmer herself.

Ms Reader was interviewed by BBC domestic radio on February 26. The link is here — Ms Reader’s interview starts at 10:20.

As deputy leader of the National Farmers Union (NFU) Cymru, Ms Reader’s views on food shortages in Britain count. She predicts the situation will only get worse. This, on account of a mix of reasons: poor procurement prices for produce; high energy and fertiliser costs because of the Ukraine war and the B…