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Britain's Ticking Time Bomb: The Food Security Crisis

· 16 min

Episode Britain's Ticking Time Bomb: The Food Security Crisis

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Could the UK be facing empty supermarket shelves by 2030? Are food distribution centres sitting ducks for drone warfare? And how has Britain got to a place where is has just 3 days to 3 weeks worth of food supplies?

This week, Caroline Lucas sits down with food security expert, Professor Paul Behrens from the University of Oxford.

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Read the redacted Joint Intelligence Committee Report here

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