British Berry Growers rejects BRC comments on producer pay

British Berry Growers – which represents 95 per cent of commercial UK softfruit producers – has strongly criticised comments on supermarket pay to farmers made by the British Retail Consortium to the BBC Countryfile programme yesterday (10 December).

In a segment on the dire state of the UK horticulture sector, Andrew Opie – the BRC’s director of food and sustainability –

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