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Majority of lorries crossing channel to France are empty as Brexit hits trade

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    #21
    Originally posted by vetran View Post
    hey he is a remoaner everything is about sucking on the motherlands teat and obeying directives.
    Um, which motherland? I have homes in several countries, and the right to live in all of them. Dual Nationality helps.

    Your Brexit overlords have pretty much the same deal as I.

    I have choice. You have sovereignty. Enjoy it.
    Last edited by clearedforlanding; 31 January 2021, 13:53.

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      #22
      Originally posted by TheGreenBastard View Post
      During covid I've done some small growing in an artificial setup, there's potential with recent LED developments (China and SK absolutely dominate this sector) to revolutionise crop growing for Northern countries, especially in terms of space reduction (land required vs. crop amount). You'd like to think market dynamics would dictate we innovate in this direction to secure domestic food production, sadly I don't think it will materialize.

      actually the government have started talking about long life appliances so food miles should be soon.

      In the USA its big business, organic veg grown in old factories.
      Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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        #23
        Originally posted by vetran View Post
        actually the government have started talking about long life appliances so food miles should be soon.

        In the USA its big business, organic veg grown in old factories.
        US has far better domestic food production, relying less on imports - so it's light-years ahead.

        UK is a world beater when it comes to growing cannabis though.

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          #24
          Originally posted by TheGreenBastard View Post
          US has far better domestic food production, relying less on imports - so it's light-years ahead.

          UK is a world beater when it comes to growing cannabis though.
          Controlled by 3 companies. Also, have you ever tried eating any?

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            #25
            Originally posted by clearedforlanding View Post
            Controlled by 3 companies. Also, have you ever tried eating any?
            High fructose corn syrup FTW!!

            What's not to like?

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              #26
              Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
              High fructose corn syrup FTW!!

              What's not to like?
              Diabetes?

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                #27
                Originally posted by clearedforlanding View Post
                Controlled by 3 companies. Also, have you ever tried eating any?
                Which is beside the point, the Yanks' food and beverage consumption was met 87.3 percent by domestic production in 2016.

                "Controlled by 3 companies", love to see some evidence to back that up.

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                  #28
                  Originally posted by TheGreenBastard View Post
                  Which is beside the point, the Yanks' food and beverage consumption was met 87.3 percent by domestic production in 2016.

                  "Controlled by 3 companies", love to see some evidence to back that up.
                  https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/...food/14056133/

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                    #29
                    Originally posted by clearedforlanding View Post
                    Interesting, but that's not 3 and this implies it applies to UK/EU as much as it does the US.

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                      #30
                      British store Stonemore, which has 2 stores near Brussels selling mostly Waitrose stuff:
                      That is, if they can get any

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