Supermarket rationing comes from years of undervaluing British farmers: Yorkshire Post Letters
Why is anyone so surprised at food rationing in supermarkets when farmers and growers have been undervalued for many years?
Once upon a time fields in the West Riding were full of veg. From cauliflowers to sprouts to leeks and the rest. Supermarkets were full of this locally named produce.
So what’s gone wrong?
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Hide AdThe profit in growing these crops is next to nothing, inspired by the supermarkets' reluctance to pay a proper price to the producer.
As a result, there is a shortage of home grown veg.
A very appropriate quote is ‘Pigs will never follow a man with an empty swill bucket’, which is the way farmers are feeling today.