According to the government, the British vegetable shortage could last up to a month. Lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers are affected. Environment Minister Therese Coffey advised on Thursday to switch to seasonal vegetables such as beets.
“A lot of people would eat beets now, not necessarily thinking about lettuce and tomatoes,” she said. The Minister of the Environment had previously spoken to shopkeepers before the House of Representatives. As reported, supermarkets such as Aldi and Tesco have already restricted the sale of certain types of vegetables. Aldi has announced that it will limit the sale of peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes to three per person. Asda has also limited sales of lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower and raspberry punnets to three per customer.
Poor harvest and high energy costs
The background is a bad harvest in Southern Europe and North Africa due to the weather. Add to this the high energy costs in Great Britain and the Netherlands, where vegetables are grown in greenhouses. Justin King, a manager at retailer Marks & Spencer, accused the government of not helping vegetable growers with high energy costs. As a result, they were mainly dependent on imports.
Leaving the EU would also contribute to the vegetable shortage. Proponents, however, reject this. “If I had just been told before I voted for Brexit that it would cause frost in Morocco, I could have made a different decision,” mocked Conservative MP Desmond Swayne.
According to the government, the lack of vegetables should be solved in about a month.
Source: Krone
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