Uh Oh. More food chains destroyed.

[jack121]

As the UK enters its peak harvesting season , tons of peeps are being refused visas to get into the country, meaning tonnes of produce is being left to rot in fields.

farmers fear if don’t sell everything they grow this year, they will go out of business.

 one grower was unable to harvest twomillion iceberg lettuces as they couldn’t recruit enough pickers, combined with the rising costs of energy and fertiliser it was imperative that farmers be able to sell everything they grow this year otherwise they would go out of business, much to BJ's delight.

A survey by the British Berry Growers’ showed that annual food waste almost doubled from 2020 to 2021, from £18.7million to £36.5million due to worker shortages, and it is feared this will only increase again next year raising the prospect of farm closures.

A strawberry and asparagus farm on the Wirral has already stopped growing blackcurrants and redcurrants because they have been unable to replace their regular Polish workers.

BJ explains that the fictional war in you crane  had an impact as last year about two-thirds of the wprkforce were Ukrainian. Brexit has also meant a drop in the number of workers coming from the EU. Although with the number of immigrants coming into the country, BJ's version of events is difficult to believe.

Visa applications for workers from central Asia, Moldova and Nepal have slowed as the government prioritises applications for Ukrainian refugees.

BJ  said 28,000 workers have already come this year and it is only halfway through the season. This falls short of the 70,000 workers needed

Martin Emmett, the new chair of the NFU horticulture and potatoes board, has called on the government to give farmers plenty of notice for 2023’s seasonal worker visa quota, which BJ has refused to do

Farming minister Victoria Prentis said: “Labour shortages are affecting countries around the world. it seems like a syncronised event."

“To support farmers, we have already boosted the number of visas available through the seasonal workers route to 40,000. “We have extended the scheme to include poultry and ornamental horticulture, we ran an automation review which will be published this summer, and we are working to encourage people to take up jobs in the farming sector.”

 

 

[alexa]

1 hour ago, jack121 said:

As the UK enters its peak harvesting season , tons of peeps are being refused visas to get into the country, meaning tonnes of produce is being left to rot in fields.

farmers fear if don’t sell everything they grow this year, they will go out of business.

 one grower was unable to harvest twomillion iceberg lettuces as they couldn’t recruit enough pickers, combined with the rising costs of energy and fertiliser it was imperative that farmers be able to sell everything they grow this year otherwise they would go out of business, much to BJ's delight.

A survey by the British Berry Growers’ showed that annual food waste almost doubled from 2020 to 2021, from £18.7million to £36.5million due to worker shortages, and it is feared this will only increase again next year raising the prospect of farm closures.

A strawberry and asparagus farm on the Wirral has already stopped growing blackcurrants and redcurrants because they have been unable to replace their regular Polish workers.

BJ explains that the fictional war in you crane  had an impact as last year about two-thirds of the wprkforce were Ukrainian. Brexit has also meant a drop in the number of workers coming from the EU. Although with the number of immigrants coming into the country, BJ's version of events is difficult to believe.

Visa applications for workers from central Asia, Moldova and Nepal have slowed as the government prioritises applications for Ukrainian refugees.

BJ  said 28,000 workers have already come this year and it is only halfway through the season. This falls short of the 70,000 workers needed

Martin Emmett, the new chair of the NFU horticulture and potatoes board, has called on the government to give farmers plenty of notice for 2023’s seasonal worker visa quota, which BJ has refused to do

Farming minister Victoria Prentis said: “Labour shortages are affecting countries around the world. it seems like a syncronised event."

“To support farmers, we have already boosted the number of visas available through the seasonal workers route to 40,000. “We have extended the scheme to include poultry and ornamental horticulture, we ran an automation review which will be published this summer, and we are working to encourage people to take up jobs in the farming sector.”

 

 

 

I bet the governments are just loving it.

[Saved]

5 hours ago, jack121 said:

As the UK enters its peak harvesting season , tons of peeps are being refused visas to get into the country, meaning tonnes of produce is being left to rot in fields.

farmers fear if don’t sell everything they grow this year, they will go out of business.

 one grower was unable to harvest twomillion iceberg lettuces as they couldn’t recruit enough pickers, combined with the rising costs of energy and fertiliser it was imperative that farmers be able to sell everything they grow this year otherwise they would go out of business, much to BJ's delight.

A survey by the British Berry Growers’ showed that annual food waste almost doubled from 2020 to 2021, from £18.7million to £36.5million due to worker shortages, and it is feared this will only increase again next year raising the prospect of farm closures.

A strawberry and asparagus farm on the Wirral has already stopped growing blackcurrants and redcurrants because they have been unable to replace their regular Polish workers.

BJ explains that the fictional war in you crane  had an impact as last year about two-thirds of the wprkforce were Ukrainian. Brexit has also meant a drop in the number of workers coming from the EU. Although with the number of immigrants coming into the country, BJ's version of events is difficult to believe.

Visa applications for workers from central Asia, Moldova and Nepal have slowed as the government prioritises applications for Ukrainian refugees.

BJ  said 28,000 workers have already come this year and it is only halfway through the season. This falls short of the 70,000 workers needed

Martin Emmett, the new chair of the NFU horticulture and potatoes board, has called on the government to give farmers plenty of notice for 2023’s seasonal worker visa quota, which BJ has refused to do

Farming minister Victoria Prentis said: “Labour shortages are affecting countries around the world. it seems like a syncronised event."

“To support farmers, we have already boosted the number of visas available through the seasonal workers route to 40,000. “We have extended the scheme to include poultry and ornamental horticulture, we ran an automation review which will be published this summer, and we are working to encourage people to take up jobs in the farming sector.”

 

 

It's simply amazing that the health and economic wellbeing of the world depends almost entirely on Ukraine.

 

You would think that such a nation would be dripping with vast riches, its people draped in finery for all the world to marvel at.

 

It is little wonder then that we cannot persuade 50,000 of its people to come over and pick some fruit for us. That would be like importing them from the palaces of Saudi Arabia.

 

Let the indigenous people eat crawling and creeping things. That'll teach the lazy bastards.

 

 

[Itsjaybigjay]

I've an idea, put the illegal economic migrants to work picking it. They could do it to pay for there food and lodgings whilst there applications are processed. they get food and a roof and we get our crops picked, and it may dissuade a few of the lazy fuckers from coming if they knew they be put to work. But oh no the humanity of the idea, best just put them up in hotels and pay them to sit on there asses. 

[HAARPING_On]

15 minutes ago, Itsjaybigjay said:

I've an idea, put the illegal economic migrants to work picking it. They could do it to pay for there food and lodgings whilst there applications are processed. they get food and a roof and we get our crops picked, and it may dissuade a few of the lazy fuckers from coming if they knew they be put to work. But oh no the humanity of the idea, best just put them up in hotels and pay them to sit on there asses. 

 

Absolutely Jay, if these people want to come to our country they can bloody work and pay for their keep like the rest of us... Absolutely boils my piss that these people come over here expecting the Life of Riley and by and large are getting it while the indigenous population have to work their bollocks off just to keep going. 

[Mikhail Liebestein]

21 hours ago, jack121 said:

As the UK enters its peak harvesting season , tons of peeps are being refused visas to get into the country, meaning tonnes of produce is being left to rot in fields.

farmers fear if don’t sell everything they grow this year, they will go out of business.

 one grower was unable to harvest twomillion iceberg lettuces as they couldn’t recruit enough pickers, combined with the rising costs of energy and fertiliser it was imperative that farmers be able to sell everything they grow this year otherwise they would go out of business, much to BJ's delight.

A survey by the British Berry Growers’ showed that annual food waste almost doubled from 2020 to 2021, from £18.7million to £36.5million due to worker shortages, and it is feared this will only increase again next year raising the prospect of farm closures.

 

 

Can't people just buy their fruit and veg at M&S food? 

 

Sorry, that was my Carrie Antoinette moment, off with my head! 

 

 

 

 

[jack121]

22 hours ago, alexa said:

 

I bet the governments are just loving it.

 

Looking at how fat BJ is, these politicians could do with losing a few pounds, starvation could be a good thing in their case

[alexa]

11 minutes ago, jack121 said:

 

Looking at how fat BJ is, these politicians could do with losing a few pounds, starvation could be a good thing in their case

 

As I look around now at these obese Men & Women (oops I mean't persons), a bit of starvation wouldn't do these people a bit of harm either.