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- The recent freezing weather put a very bright spotlight on Britain's food security. In addition to unharvestable crops such as vegetables stuck in frozen ground, the effect on roads and transport led to many dairy farmers pouring milk away, with tankers unable to access their farms down snow-blocked roads. Ironically, demand for food rose sharply as panic buying set in at most supermarkets, with, again, delivery lorries unable to replenish stocks. Concerns over our food supply came shortly after DEFRA published its long-term strategy for securing food supplies, Food 2030.

- MP for Shrewsbury and Atcham, Daniel Kawczynski raised the issue of milk pricing, in a ten-minute bill introduced to the House of Commons recently aimed at regulating milk retailers. In his speech, Mr Kawczynski highlighted the discrepancy between the price charged to the consumer by the major retailers and that paid to the dairy farmer, adding that the price paid to the farmer was unsustainable. In addition he criticised the government's handling of the TB crisis.

He has also set up an all-party group to lobby the UK and EU governments over this issue, and has , on a personal level, called for the creation of a regulatory body for supermarkets.


- Well known columnist and commentator Guy Smith addressed the issue of food security in his recent Farmers Guardian column. Read the article in full here..

- The fall in the number of dairy farmers is having an effect on milk production. Figures released in April showed total UK production for the previous year was down by 500 million litres (see link). Further estimates suggest production in May 2007 alone was down 79 million litres. Read more..

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