It's hard for local food producers to compete with the offerings of the major supermarkets, such as those I've just bought today in a Buckinghamshire supermarket. I sought out the most local fruit and veg. The apples in the picture were £1 and were from Kent. The lettuce was 80p. Although the source is just shown as "UK" on the label, it's probably from somewhere like East Anglia. In these hard economic times, when many consumers are finding it incredibly difficult to make ends meet, produce from the other side of the country is about as local as it gets while still remaining affordable.
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