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UK future food security threatened complacency, MPs warn
2014-07-01 07:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The UKs ability to feed itself is threatened by complacency over the extreme weather driven by climate change and increasing competition for food as the worlds population grows, MPs warned on Tuesday. The environment, food and rural affairs (Efra) select committee said ministers must put plans in place to secure supplies of fruit and vegetables and the soya needed to feed the nations dairy herds, noting that the UKs self-sufficiency for food that can be grown domestically has fallen from...
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