More land used for golf than food as experts warn of ‘disaster' for supermarket shelves

Experts warn if the decline in production continues, the UK will (Image: Getty) Farming and environment groups have issued a stark warning to the Government, urging them to double the amount of land used to grow fruit and vegetables. The Soil Association, Sustain and The Wildlife Trusts have written an open letter to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer , saying the UK must stop relying on imports and scale up a "nature-friendly" British horticulture sector. The letter warns that if the decline in fruit and vegetable production continues, the UK will "face further disaster" on supermarket shelves.

Campaigners have highlighted that imports account for most of the fruit and nearly half the vegetables eaten here, while less than a third of people eat their five a day and more land is used for golf than to produce fruit and vegetables. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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