Food Supply

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Stock photo shows jarred food and household pantry items stacked on a shelf in close up.

Stock up on food to prepare for extreme El Niño weather, minister says

Environment Secretary Angela Eagle advises households to stock up on food due to the strongest El Niño event in a generation.

A young woman wearing a black T-shirt stands next to a line of trees in an apple orchard on a sunny day. The grass is dry and yellow and she has her right arm raised with her hand holding a branch which has small green apples on the end

Aug 25bbc.co.uk

Drought leaves 'barely any apples' to make cider

Somerset's cider orchards have been 'decimated' by a long summer drought, leading to significantly reduced apple crops for producers. Many trees produced no fruit or dropped unripe apples early, causing severe supply issues for cider makers.