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@Jackov AltraidsNo.
The right thing would be to have consistency in policy so that imports would have to meet the same requirements as home produce and all produce assessed on the the same environmental credentials.
That way, any method of production will succeed on merit.
The kind of thing you would expect a Sustainable Farming Incentive to do.
Currently, food production succeeds on the willingness of the producer to compromise on profit, on the environment, on working conditions, on quality, on welfare, etc, etc,
or by state controls/ subsidies and/or absolute lies. [fake meats and vertical farming]
I hope you don’t mind me quoting you here to start this thread but your reply above in the vertical farming thread struck me as absolutely spot on at describing what’s presently wrong with policy and what the government should be doing about it.
The right policy would for example raise standards for the environment and for workers not only here but also abroad. It could make Red Tractor worthwhile rather than a sham that causes us higher costs while lower cost lower standard imports still flood in and out compete us.
Government @Janet Hughes Defra of whatever colour really do need to read your succinct and accurate appraisal of the present problem and what needs to be done about it.