Demand for purple sprouting broccoli might be at an all-time high, but the labour-intensive work involved in getting it from the field to supermarket shelves has left growers seriously vulnerable to Brexit-induced staff shortages. That prompted 23-year-old Tom Beach, whose family grow 25ha of the crop at their 100ha Mudwalls Farm near Alcester, Warwickshire, and […]
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