Volumes of leeks and carrots down 30%, longer gap in supply
The shortage of tomatoes and peppers has been making the headlines lately, but root vegetables are also in short supply in the UK.
"Supply varies from crop to crop, and there are a couple of reasons for this," said Jack Ward, CEO of the British Growers Association. "In the cold spell before Christmas a lot crops were destroyed, but some like carrots and leeks the damage was
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