UK’s food system a ‘tinderbox’ for social unrest which could lead to violence, experts warn

A group of food experts found that our food system had been left dangerously exposed - (PA Wire)

Chronic issues such as climate change, rising inequality and poor farming policies have left the UK’s food system as a “tinderbox” for social unrest, researchers said.

A group of food experts found our food system has been left dangerously exposed, before analysing the triggers that could tip this system into “widespread fear of unsafe or inadequate food, leading to violence”.