Britain's Turnip King used to produce 30 million of the vegetable every year, but says business collapsed after the Tories came to power.
Farmer Richard Parry, who had a farm in Therese Coffey’s constituency, cast doubt on Environment Secretary’s suggestion that people turn to turnips to confront a lack of fruit and veg in supermarkets.
He says a combination of rising energy prices and labour shortages, partly caused by Brexit, made his turnip business financially unviable.
