Plans to boost food production in Britain and reduce its impact on the environment have been unveiled.The government's 20-year food strategy includes making land available for people to grow their own food and more healthy cooking courses. Minister Hilary Benn said shoppers had led the push for free-range eggs and could do the same for sustainable food. The Tories said ministers "belatedly" recognised the need for food security after a decade of declining production.
Plans to boost food production in Britain and reduce its impact on the environment have been unveiled.
The government's 20-year food strategy includes making land available for people to grow their own food and more healthy cooking courses.
Minister Hilary Benn said shoppers had led the push for free-range eggs and could do the same for sustainable food.
The Tories said ministers "belatedly" recognised the need for food security after a decade of declining production.
Thei idea of taking undeveloped land and giving it over to allotments shows a real townies ignorance of how much work is needed to raise the fertility of land to the point where it's worth growing stuff. Andyou don't do that work to get a couple of years produce. keep to the Fen Causeway
