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Cheap foreign imports 'undermines' British farming and the countryside

Alan Titchmarsh has raised concern about the future of British farming if farmers are not supported to grow food and enrichen peoples' lives through management of the countryside

Chris Brayford
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Gardener's World icon Alan Titchmarsh said: "In the 1950s, we spent 30% of household income on food and now it is between 8-12% because we import cheap foreign imports."
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Gardener's World icon Alan Titchmarsh said: "In the 1950s, we spent 30% of household income on food and now it is between 8-12% because we import cheap foreign imports."

The future of farming and growing in the UK could look very different over the next 50 years if farmers do not receive enough support to maintain the countryside, according to a broadcaster turned farmer....

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