Government’s food security push is said to rely on animal feed imports with vulnerability to supply chain shocks
The government’s planned poultry sector growth plan is a risk to national security, campaigners have warned.
Earlier this month, the environment secretary, Emma Reynolds, told the Groundswell agriculture festival that the key to improving food security was consuming more homegrown produce, and said this was why the government had set up the Farming and Food Partnership Board, whose members include industry leaders such as the president of the National Farmers’ Union and the chief executive of the Food & Drink Federation.
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