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To wonder why we import so many peppers, etc. from Holland?

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Witzend Mon 28-May-18 18:53:21

Holland is a small country with the same climate as the S of England, so I can't help wondering why we don't grow more e.g. peppers and tomatoes ourselves. Is it because miles of plastic greenhouses - similar to those in parts of Spain - are needed, and the NIMBYs don't want them spoiling the view?

I can't think it's that much cheaper to grow them in Holland - they surely have much the same situation with employment, immigrant labour, etc. as we do. Is there something I'm missing?

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SueDonim Tue 03-Jul-18 23:06:16

In my local supermarket today there were tomatoes on sale today from Morocco, Netherlands, Poland and Spain.

With some ferreting around I eventually found some UK-grown tomatoes.

How on earth can it be cheaper to transport tomatoes from Morocco etc than to grow our own?

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