A fruit farmer has warned Britain's food industry is 'in crisis' after a wet summer decimated his crops, as meat bosses issue warnings over the rapidly falling number of abattoirs.
Apple farmer Jonathan Hoskyns says he and fellow small-scale fruit growers across Britain are struggling to survive because of spiralling costsMr Hoskyns can no longer afford supermarkets' below-market rates and will instead produce his own fruit juice In contrast, the price of fruit in supermarkets has increased 23 per cent, not keeping up with their outgoings.
'At the same time, the cost of fertilisers is up over 100 per cent yet the price supermarkets pay for fruit is up just 23 per cent.
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