David Barker
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40 appearances
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first heard May 2026
last heard 22 May
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Maybe long-term loans than what we do from the banks.
So if we could modernise the equipment we've got, build new greenhouses, that would increase production quite well.
I think the government needs to accept the bigger picture that we all need to increase the amount of vegetables, fruit and veg that we eat.
And unless we support our industry, then it's all going to be imported.
We would argue that imported tomatoes in particular, they are different varieties, they are grown for able to be transported long distances so they're not as ripe when they're harvested.
They don't have quite the same amount of antioxidants and lycopene in them.
Well, we're looking at a field where we have planning permission to build a new greenhouse.
But as I say, with the current climate, we won't be building on this until things improve.
How many more tomatoes would you have been able to grow?
Seven acre unit.
So the one we've just been in is four and a half acres.
So you're talking a significant increase.
Ukraine crisis happened and the price of energy went massively high.
So any money we had set aside was used to cover the price of gas at that point.
Yes.
Yeah, in effect, that's the simple answer.
It has a lot of uncertainty.
Yes, and to be honest, Morocco in particular and Tunisia area, they've had a terrible winter.
Lots and lots of storms there.
It's affected their production, which sort of increases the case for the UK to produce more of its own.
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