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    Britische Obst- und Gemüsebauern warnen vor leeren Supermarktregalen aufgrund des Iran-Krieges


    Britische Obst- und Gemüsebauern warnen vor leeren Supermarktregalen aufgrund des Iran-Krieges

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/fruit-vegetables-supermarket-iran-war-b2938475.html

    Von tylerthe-theatre

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    1. SP1570 on

      A pointless war that hurts common people and benefits Putin: thank you IsrAmerica!

    2. Belle_TainSummer on

      Oh, is that what we’re blaming it on *this* week?

      We’ve had empty shelves and rising costs ever since the Tories started their „austerity“ drive in 2010, compounded by Brexit.

      Everything else has been the excuse for fucking up the economy with two utterly unforced errors. Sure, lets say the thing we’ve had for over a decade now is because of a war started a week or so ago though.

    3. TumblyBump on

      Panic buyers: Just go to the local farm shops. You will always find food there. Chickens – £29. Lettuce £1.99. Beef joint – £35. Artisan loaf – £8. Large pasta shells two tone – £17 a jar. Shelves always full.

    4. Admirable_Mix2745 on

      ‘Iran out of fruit and vegetables’, is all we are going to hear…….

    5. hapeach on

      I am sure that the wider insurance and transit costing effects on the shipping industry as a whole will increase the price of food, however i also didn’t think that either Iran or any GCC countries were known exactly for being agricultural cornucopias.

    6. Sluggybeef on

      Its going to affect all domestic food production. Have been banging my head against the wall for the last 12 months with the government undermining our industry. The oil situation is going to really stretch us

    8. Fun-Pen5713 on

      Dena vu this from when Ukraine war started. I also remember seeing pictures of care British supermarkets but Ukraine was full of veg.

      Just be another tactic to earn more money no doubt.

    9. gizajobicandothat on

      The government should support more small-scale organic producers. If we had more fruit and veg grown locally in market gardens, we could rely less on imports and transporting food long distances. Access to land is probably the biggest issue for people who want to do this in the UK.

    10. Cute-Cat-2351 on

      Brexit hasn’t helped either. What a shitshow, but at least we’ve learned and Farage isn’t popular these days 🙄

    11. Astriania on

      You mean, empty shelves because of badly negotiated contracts that set a fixed price with no contingency for external cost increases. And no diversification of sales outlets (i.e. they just sell their whole crop to a supermarket, no direct sales, no sales through local shops).

    12. Outside_Tadpole5841 on

      This is exactly why these global conflicts feel so infuriatingly distant yet hit our own kitchens. The local farm shop is a great shout, but those prices show it’s not a realistic solution for most people.

    13. MrPuddington2 on

      > 70 glasshouse growers across the UK

      I mean, growing in a glass house is not exactly what I would usually consider „British fruit and veg“. Does it really matter where it is grown if it is not grown outside?

    14. Constant-Estate3065 on

      Aaaaand there it is. The tabloids have reached the stage where they can no longer contain their “empty shelves” compulsion.

    16. Horror-Protection225 on

      I can’t believe how muted the world leaders reaction is to the US deciding to unilaterally wreck the entire worlds economy.

      Maybe because the economic effects haven’t really kicked in yet but if I was Starmer I’d literally be phoning him every single day and just screaming down the phone at him.

    18. JonathanJK on

      Everything affects the prices in the UK. It seems so fragile. Hardly what Churchill wanted when he talked about food independence. 2 Generations later and it’s been spaffed up the wall.

    19. SoggyWotsits on

      Who’d want to be a farmer when you know the government can [compulsorily purchase](https://www.countryside-alliance.org/news-content-type/farmers-to-be-forced-to-sell-land-at-fraction-of-the-value) your land below the potential value to build houses on?

      I appreciate that this article is about energy and fuel costs, but we should still be encouraging farmers rather than constantly hindering them.

      Before someone says that farmers voted for Brexit, they [voted](https://preview.redd.it/how-farmers-voted-for-brexit-versus-the-wider-uk-population-v0-vxefahzanu1e1.jpeg?auto=webp&s=5c566cd1f59116649b031988e6ff67a822dc34e5) pretty much the same way as the rest of the country.

    20. Illustrious-Milk6518 on

      It’s almost like not supporting our farmers, and everyone replacing their gardens with decking and astroturf is bad. Nothing is stopping people with gardens from growing a few basic foods throughout the year 

    22. nopeitsadog on

      I can give you a list of edible trees/plants found in woodland and show you how to catch rabbits for food and clothes. DM me BBZ x

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