UK would run out of food a year from now with no-deal Brexit, NFU warns

Farmers' union says supply would dry up by August 2019 if Britain had to be self-sufficientBritain would run out of food on this date next year if it cannot continue to easily import from the EU and elsewhere after Brexit, the National Farmers' Union has warned.Minette Batters, the NFU president, urged the government to put food security at the top of the political agenda after the prospect of a no-deal Brexit was talked up this week. Continue reading...