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Originally Posted by Chris
Clearly, about 60 seconds research would saved you making a false statement …
We produce 100,000 tonnes annually, across 20 nurseries, all of them using indoor facilities. These do not operate seasonally - they’re in heated greenhouses, negating the whole concept of seasonal production.
https://www.fruitnet.com/fresh-produ...246409.article
The UK consumes 500,000 tonnes of tomatoes per year, so domestic production covers 20% of that, which is none too shabby considering we don’t have a tomato-growing climate.
https://www.britishtomatoes.co.uk/ne...it-for-a-queen
Even without Googling, this should have been fairly obvious. Greg Wallace seems to visit these sorts of places on a near weekly basis for one BBC programme or another. |
A few more seconds' Googling will have informed you about growing seasons.
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23/02/2023. The British Tomato Growers Association (BTGA) said shortages are mainly down to a lack of imports but the local growing season is due to begin soon.
The BTGA said in a statement: “Many people have commented on the current lack of fresh tomatoes in some supermarket stores.
“Whilst this is predominantly a consequence of the lack of imported product at this time of year, the British season will soon begin and we expect significant volumes of British tomatoes on shelves by the end of March and into April 2023.
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https://www.kentonline.co.uk/news/na...f-march-81726/
This should have been fairly obvious to most tomato shoppers in the UK.