Farmers and agricultural experts have told consumers to expect strange-looking shrunken vegetables and less cheese as drought conditions ravish farms in Britain.
The National Drought Group, made up of a team of advisers from the Environment Agency (EA), declared a drought in 14 regions of the country including the southwest, parts of southern and central England, and the East of England on Aug. 12.
“Consumers need to have a bit more flexibility because potatoes might be a bit smaller, onions might be a little bit smaller,” Tom Bradshaw, deputy president at the National Farmers Union’s, told The Telegraph.
“And that’s still the case of everyone just needing to pull together a little bit to accept that it’s not been a perfect time,” he added….