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“Many farmers are struggling to recruit enough pickers due to Brexit and the war.” https://news.stv.tv/east-central/soft-fruit-farms-face-another-year-of-rotting-berries-and-rising-costs
“The whole thing is ludicrous. We’ve sold this product to supermarkets and they’re complaining because they’re not getting it.” https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/britains-vegetables-are-rotting-in-the-fields-soon-imports-will-fill-the-shelves-instead-dxsmbg2rw
https://metro.co.uk/2021/06/12/fruit-farming-on-brink-of-collapse-as-brexit-causes-shortage-of-pickers-14759484/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
“Farmer says Britons won’t pick fruit and veg for a job.” https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/supermarkets-face-post-brexit-fruit-24118354.amp?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar&__twitter_impression=true