You Will Die of Famine

Category: UK

  • 96% increase in calls to farmers’ helpline

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    Reported in the BBC

  • English wine harvest down 20-70%

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    Coverage in decanter.com Anecdotally, many English winemakers expect this year’s harvest to be down by between 20% and 70%. ‘We are down to about half of what we would expect in a normal year, and around one-third of last year’s record crop,’ said Vranken Pommery’s cellar master Clément Pierlot. ‘From January through to today, we haven’t…

  • England has second worst harvest on record

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    Official government statistics Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit press release: Data released shows England experienced it’s second worst harvest since 1983 after record breaking wet weather last winter, with recent downpours leaving many farmers unable to drill crops again Coverage in the Standard, Euronews, The Guardian Wheat down 21%Winter barley down 26%Winter oilseed rape down…