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Would now be a good time to rethink our purchases?
Primarily, I'm thinking about food here. We should start promoting British food, locally grown or produced. We should also continue to promote ''wonky'' veg. This would reduce obscene waste in the food industry. If more food was grown or produced here, that would reduce the food miles. Make the local produce much cheaper to buy to encourage sales and put punitive taxes on imported stuff. If people really want the expensive food, they pay a premium for it.
Farmers who have dormant land due to being paid by the EU not to use it could start growing crops thus keeping people in employment and/ or reducing the dole queue.
It makes sense to source as much food as we can from our own country, surely?
Primarily, I'm thinking about food here. We should start promoting British food, locally grown or produced. We should also continue to promote ''wonky'' veg. This would reduce obscene waste in the food industry. If more food was grown or produced here, that would reduce the food miles. Make the local produce much cheaper to buy to encourage sales and put punitive taxes on imported stuff. If people really want the expensive food, they pay a premium for it.
Farmers who have dormant land due to being paid by the EU not to use it could start growing crops thus keeping people in employment and/ or reducing the dole queue.
It makes sense to source as much food as we can from our own country, surely?