BBCNEWS BBC News October 5, 2021 10:08:00
To pick vegetables. jack ward is from the british growers�* association, he told us the situation is unsustainable. the combination of escalating labour costs, increased haulage costs, packaging costs. all of these things is making the job unsustainable. and what we are going to see is an erosion of our ability to feed ourselves. what i fail to understand is why the government has decided to make life so difficult for everybody. in the fresh produce industry we are desperately trying to introduce automation robotics and reduce our reliance on seasonal labour. everybody wants to do it, it is ...
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