The UK’s food system is built on keeping prices low – but this year’s droughts show up its failings
- Written by Manoj Dora, Professor in Sustainable Production and Consumption, Anglia Ruskin University
1000 Words/ShutterstockThis year’s drought has once again put farmers in the spotlight, with yields in some crops falling by as much as 50%. But behind the headlines of empty reservoirs and wilting fields lies a bigger problem: the way the UK’s food system is organised, managed and governed.
For generations, UK food policy has...
