農業情報研究所＞農業・農村・食料＞欧州＞ニュース：19年6月25日

英国　新型コロナでスーパーの棚は空っぽ　EU離脱後の食料安保は大丈夫？

Empty supermarket shelves underline need for UK to produce more of what it eats

One silver lining of Brexit (remember that?) was supposed to be greater self-sufficiency. British farmers saw hiked tariffs on imports as a chance to make hay — and bacon and strawberries and butter — while the sun shone.

Too late. Empty supermarket shelves across the nation underline the need to produce more of the stuff we eat. The proportion of homegrown food purchased in the UK has fallen steadily over the past three decades, from 78 per cent in 1984 to about 60 per cent now. There are several reasons. Cheaper, less regulated imports that farmers like to whinge about is one. But so too is our taste for exotic fruits and vegetables and a deep-seated inability to rethink an ancient profession

Food security: the lie of the land,FT.com,20.3.20より