Fragile Foundations: Unpacking the Myth of Global Food Security The Treasury's request for supermarkets to cap price rises on essential foods has sparked a predictable backlash from industry insiders and pundits.
However, this criticism obscures two inescapable truths: Britain's food system is woefully unprepared for global shocks, and its continued reliance on a fragile network of international trade relationships threatens the very notion of food security.
A closer examination of the root causes behind this vulnerability reveals that long held assumptions about the resilience of the global food supply chain are no longer tenable.