Philippe Legrain, who is writing a new book on the future of globalisation after the crisis, debates with Peter Kendall, the head of Britain's National Farmers' Union, on BBC's Newsnight on 10 August 2009 about how Britain should meet its future needs for food and whether food protectionism is justified.
NFU don't support farmworkers they support farm landowners.
turkeysdemocracy 3 months ago
@academysounds everything this guy says is nonsense. If we can produce our own food, we should use it and export the surplus. And i notice he talks of uk as densely populated. but in another video he talks of there not being an optimum population and the manner he speaks, his tone is rife with doubt.
trigga1uk 1 year ago
It makes no sense at all to ship food from side of the world to the other. I agree with you johnlep.
academysounds 2 years ago
And just what is Britain particularly good at Philippe?
ZoltarTube 2 years ago
Philippe, I would argue that your point is based on spreadhseet economics i.e. it does not take into account the impact of an agricultural decline on local communities, quality of food and the environmental repercussions of importing food from Latin America.
johnlepo 2 years ago