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Warning food security will crumble if farmers do not get treated fairly

Supermarket power leaves farmers stranded at bottom of supply chain, MPs told

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock • 2 min read
Supermarket supply chains risk damaging food security MPs have been told
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Supermarket supply chains risk damaging food security MPs have been told

Farmers have been abandoned at the end of a ‘just in time' supply chain which does nothing more than undermine food security, MPs were warned this week. The Efra Select Committee, which is looking into...

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