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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Joanna Partridge

Sunak food summit promises star guest and lots of rhubarb

Jeremy Clarkson on his farm near Chipping Norton. There is speculation the TV presenter has been invited to No 10’s food summit.
Jeremy Clarkson on his farm near Chipping Norton. There is speculation the TV presenter has been invited to No 10’s food summit. Photograph: Blackball Media/PA

Farmers throwing in the towel amid soaring costs and labour shortages and falling domestic production of some foods have resulted in repeated gaps on British supermarket shelves – much to shoppers’ chagrin.

UK agriculture has had a torrid few years navigating the fallout from Brexit and the pandemic at a time when squeezed consumers are reassessing what they can afford to put in their shopping baskets.

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