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23 February 2015, 20:10
As SD states, I think we are a long way from being at peak food.
Let's not forget that for decades now, farmers in the UK have been paid to set aside land and to diversify, so there is plenty of land that is not being used for growing crops or grazing animals on.
Also if things became desperate we would just change what is being grown and grow less fancy foods, less low intensity organic foods and more intensively farmed bulk foods.
At the moment we have plenty of capacity and farmers simply grow whatever the market demands, rather than what is needed for the country to survive.
Let's not forget that for decades now, farmers in the UK have been paid to set aside land and to diversify, so there is plenty of land that is not being used for growing crops or grazing animals on.
Also if things became desperate we would just change what is being grown and grow less fancy foods, less low intensity organic foods and more intensively farmed bulk foods.
At the moment we have plenty of capacity and farmers simply grow whatever the market demands, rather than what is needed for the country to survive.