I'm not unsympathetic to that, but doesn't that then mean we are left with 2 choices effectively? Lower food regulation, legislation and standards anyway (bleached chicken springs to mind) to lower costs for higher profitability or raise prices to the consumer instigated by an elected government to protect producers? You can see how any elected government is going to see that as about as popular as a fart in a bus shelter.
How effective could these changes be domestically, if we import approximately 50 percent of our food requirements which Brexit has already contributed to higher prices and how do we ensure domestically produced food is competitive with imported produce produced at a lower cost with lower overheads? how then do we then ensure food security given the huge quantities of food we import? Surely, it means higher prices in any instance?
Studies have shown that even a relatively small amount of support (and protection) for farmers and growers would make a big difference to viability of many farm businesses, and their ability to keep supplying.
And enable them to supply more.
For example, there is supposed to be price (received) protection via the grocery code adjudicator, that is meant to oversee fair dealing btxt producer and (supermarket).buyer.
But it's largely ineffective, so producer gets screwed over til they give up..
defra have instigated some programmes via farmer to farmer mentoring for example, to encourage new business start ups, but there are other barriers besides lack of knowledge and training to these businesses really flourishing..
Anyhow, all this stuff and trouble was fully predicted pre Brexit, and we went on about it then, and since, myself included, only to be told we were making stuff up, project fear, etc etc.
So, just let them eat cheap heavily processed shite and devil take their wellbeing eh??
I mean I'm perfectly ok , surrounded by fresh food - and have a ready market for my produce, so why should I even give a damn ?? 🙄
