Food security - will you grow your own in future

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We are heavily reliant in the UK on imports. All the nonsense in the shops has gone me thinking that I will start to grow some of my own food in the food. I am off to get some lettuce and radish seeds tomorrow

I've just sown spinach and salad leaves in my window boxes...

I already do.

Through the summer months our household could be virtually self sufficient on veg and salad leaves.

Fruit would be a bit more of a problem, could rustle up plenty of rhubarb a few gooseberries and crab apples, blackberries and raspberries from our hedgerows. We already try to buy british apples where possible, the one thing we get I think we would really miss if we couldn't get is bananas.

We have our own chickens so eggs are reasonably plentiful. We have a freezer full of our own beef and lamb, and some wild pheasants.

The farm 'next door' (5 miles away but our closest neighbour) is a dairy farm. I'm sure a deal could be done with them for milk if needed.

Since the Brexit vote I've steadily been trying to cut out as much non UK fresh produce as possible. I've been quite worried about supply chains for a while.

The good news is that there is plenty of high quality, high welfare beef and lamb in this country if people want it.

Perhaps we will see the return of proper co-operatives in rural areas?