Angela Eagle
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first heard May 2026
last heard 22 May
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So what's the difference then between the Portuguese government and this government?
I mean, I was going to ask you about the producer organisations, the POs.
As you say, it was brought to a close last year, not been replaced.
So what difference did that make?
Because the important point about POs, this thing that came to an end last year, was that it provided a way of smaller, medium-sized growers to sell.
But they are in the business, this government, of setting up an horticulture sector plan.
If you were in charge of this plan, what would be essential for you?
There seems to be a thinking now that, in fact, the health of the nation is linked to what you're growing here.
Do you see this?
fruit grower Tim Chambers of berry producer WB Chambers.
He's one of roughly 4,000 fruit and veg growers in the UK, mostly selling their produce through the supermarkets and surviving just through economies of scale.
Out of that group, it's the small to medium growers who are most at risk, as Tim said.
Since the EU grant scheme that was used to fund producer organisations, groups of smaller businesses who were able to market their fruit and veg collectively was closed down last December.
The loss of these medium-sized and small growers is already being felt, from the loss in diversity in what fruit and veg are grown here and in economic benefits to isolated rural areas, including in the far southwest.
What would you say the mood is amongst growers today, growers in general and maybe organic growers in particular?
This government's putting together a horticulture sector plan, you know, which does feel like a big opportunity to do things differently.
What would you think needs to be in a horticulture plan for Britain?
You think that organic fruit and veg should specifically be mentioned and addressed in this plan?
You have sold Riverford to its staff and in a sort of John Lewis model.
But you have reverted to growing fruit and veg on your own farm.
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