Now two major supermarket chains – Asda and Morrisons, have announced restrictions on some items, including tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, lettuce and broccoli. Is it bad weather, bad economic conditions, or … Brexit? The energy and cost of living crisis: Simply turning on a greenhouse has become too expensive for many British growers, due to the massively increased heating costs. This meant British growers didn’t plant their own crops. Jack Ward, chief executive of the British Growers Association, said: “Not only did we not plant, but great swathes of the Netherlands did not plant for exactly the same reason.
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