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Let them eat turnips? The salad crunch is on and Brits have had quite enough, thank you.
A food fight has been raging for days in the U.K., with blame laid at the feet of the weather, climate change, the war, even Brexit, as the island economy faces a shortage of tomatoes, leafy greens, peppers and cucumbers. In Europe’s vegetable garden — Spain’s Andalusia region, which is responsible for a chunk of the country’s exports — tomato production is reportedly down 22% in the first few weeks of 2023. Similar troubles have been reported for cucumbers and eggplants after a bout of warm, then cold weather hit crops, with northern Africa seeing similar issues.
