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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Joanna Partridge

Most of UK’s essential food supply grown in drought-risk areas, report warns

Golden wheat stalks in a Cheshire field, with a large tree and cloudy sky beyond
Wheat waits to be harvested in a drought-hit field in Cheshire, England Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

The vast majority of the UK’s essential foods, including cereals, potatoes, sugar and oil, are grown in areas of England rated as having a moderate to very high risk of drought.

A very high proportion – 81% – of England’s fresh produce is concentrated in parts of the country that are already experiencing water stress, according to the analysis by the nature-focused investment fund Rebalance Earth.

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