Food prices rising faster in Britain than rest of Europe
Annual food inflation in January ran at 6.3 per cent compared with an average of 1.5 per cent in the Eurozone, reports this article in the Daily Telegraph.
This article explains how our dependency on international trade to feed ourselves and the work of the supermarket in cunning “margin shift” are making it increasingly challenging for the poorest in society to feed themselves.
Still more justification for what Pembrokeshire Produce Direct and its inspiration Somerset Local Food Direct are trying to achieve.