GARDENING FOR FOOD SECURITY
Kitchen Garden
|December 2022
KG reader and keen kitchen gardener Susan Smith from Cleveland highlights the importance of UK gardens in feeding the nation during difficult times
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Food security has recently been brought to the public's attention due to the conflict in Ukraine.
Our government's own 2021 food security report shows that about 54% of food on UK plates is produced in the UK, meaning that almost half the food we eat comes from elsewhere. Just think about that for a moment. Could you live on half what you already eat?
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