Photo courtesy of Wicked Leeks…
Without a long-term workforce plan for UK farming we’ve little hope of forging a brighter future.
Over lunch in the canteen, I asked our Head of Supply Chain, Dale, when the first new potatoes from Devon and Cornwall would be in your boxes. “July,” he said. I almost choked. What about potatoes from Jersey? “Oh yeah, those are doing OK – Jersey Royals are on sale now.” So why do we not have any from our growers on the UK mainland? Where’s Paul Badcock? “He quit. His farm sale was last month.” What about the Tuckers, what about the Trips, what about the Rogers? “They all quit.”
https://wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/opinion/will-the-last-one-to-leave-please-turn-off-the-light/
