The NFU convened the summit of food and farming organisations to discuss food security, calling on government to make a serious commitment to at least keep Britain’s self-sufficiency in food production at 60%, and create an environment to support businesses.
A column by NFU President Minette Batters featured in the Daily Telegraph with further national print and online articles in The I, The Sun and Scottish Sun, as well as on the BBC News website, City A.M., Guardian, Evening Standard, Daily Mail, MSN and Yahoo!. Following the event, the Guardian, Bloomberg and Independent have all reported on the summit and topics discussed, including inflation costs and labour shortages.
Minette was also interviewed on BBC Radio 4 Today programme in which she told presenter Martha Kearney that the summit was all about setting the foundations for the future of British food security. The summit was also discussed on Farming Today, where panellist and Barfoots Group Managing Director Julian Marks was interviewed.
NFU President @Minette_Batters spoke to @BBCr4today this morning about setting the foundations of the future of British food security. Listen again from 2:47 👉https://t.co/xyUyRylNNw#SeriousAboutBritishFood 🚜 pic.twitter.com/lwNelWCJL9
— National Farmers' Union (@NFUtweets) December 14, 2021
GB News also previewed the Food Security Summit on its Breakfast Show and Minette was interviewed live by presenters Rosie Wright and Simon McCoy.
'Leaving the EU was always going to create complexity but the global pandemic has created massive problems with the labour shortage'
— GB News (@GBNEWS) December 14, 2021
President of the National Farmers’ Union, @Minette_Batters, calls on the Government to fix the backlog amid a supply chain crisis. pic.twitter.com/sJWERYBURc
There has also been comprehensive coverage of the Summit across farming trade publications including Farmers Weekly, Farmers Guardian and The Grocer.