New analysis from Green Alliance shows that raising domestic horticulture production to replace half of the fruits and vegetables imported by the UK could return national food self-sufficiency to levels last seen in 2000.
The report estimates that a major expansion of homegrown fresh produce could boost the UK to 66% self-sufficiency in fruits and vegetables, and only require an additional 46,509 hectares of horticultural production or 0.3% of UK farmland.
Domestic fruit and vegetable production has fallen by 16% since 2015, the report states, while the UK now relies on imports for 44% of its vegetables and 86% of its fruit.
Read the full report here.