The UK’s food supply is more fragile than you might think – here’s why it should be a national priority

By Sven Batke, Associate Head of Research and Knowledge Exchange - Reader in Plant Science, Edge Hill University

If you walked into a supermarket during a supply hiccup, storm, fuel protest, or even the early days of the COVID pandemic, you will remember the sight of empty shelves. For most people in the UK, these moments are surprising, even unsettling, precisely because they are rare. We are a generation largely spared the rationing, shortages and hunger our grandparents and great-grandparents once endured.

But that rarity is exactly why we must not become complacent. Food security (the reliable availability,…

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