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    Do we Grow the Right Food in the UK?

    11 August 2025 / No Comments

    Do we Grow the Right Food in the UK? The fact I am asking the question, do we grow the right food tells you the likely answer. A traditional British diet used to comprise a lot of bread, potatoes, root vegetables, meat, eggs and a limited amount of green vegetables. Sugar was a treat having originally been used as a preservative, but grew massively in consumption. This diet was developed as a result of the British Isles geography and consequently the climate. This still forms the basis for our current agricultural production, yet whilst our food tastes and climate have changed, our agriculture has not. The UK produces about 62%…

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