WHY ARE SUPERMARKET SHELVES EMPTY?

Eat Farm Now, sister title to Service Dealer, has published the first part of a fascinating piece today, asking why are the supermarket shelves empty?

Ben Eagle, acting editor of Eat Farm Now, says, "Newspaper headlines have been increasingly panicked in recent days regarding food shortages and empty shelves in the fresh produce sections of supermarkets. Restrictions have been placed on various fruit, salad and vegetable products, including cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes and a number of factors have been blamed, from the weather in Morocco to Brexit.

"However, with soaring energy prices and growers receiving low returns for their produce, are we missing the real story? UK food producers are facing a critically uncertain future if they do not receive higher prices for their produce, but are the public and retailers willing to pay more?"

Read the full article here.