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Electricity costs up 133% for UK apple growers

Electricity costs up 133% for UK apple growers

Eight in ten apple and pear growers are said to have stopped investing in their farms, with trade association British Apples & Pears warning that growers planted a million fewer trees than usual.

Price war responsible for leaving UK vulnerable to shortages, farmers say

British Apples & Pears to start publishing monthly sales data February 2023

Brexit, bad weather and rising energy prices have a role to play, but our UK growers have been left out on a limb. Like a glasshouse half empty, this crisis is exposing deep systemic problems in our food system that need addressing. Sustain takes a look.

The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has warned that shortages of some fruit and vegetables in UK supermarkets could be “the tip of the iceberg”.

A reliance on imports is said to have left the UK vulnerable to ‘shock weather events’.

The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has warned that shortages of some fruit and vegetables in supermarkets could be “the tip of the iceberg”.

A reliance on imports is said to have left the UK vulnerable to ‘shock weather events’.