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SARAH BRIDLE and ALED JONES argue that within the next 10 to 50 years food security in Britain will be undermined and potentially lead to widespread social unrest
EARLY WARNING: Empty shelves in a supermarket in London during the spring 2020 Covid-19 pandemic [Pic: citytransportinfo/CC]

THE emptying of supermarket shelves during the Covid pandemic demonstrated the chaos that disruption to Britain’s food supply can provoke.

Could this type of disruption have a different cause in the future? And what might the impact on society be?

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