There is a shortage of vegetables like tomatoes and cucumbers that need to either be grown abroad or grown in the UK in heated greenhouses to be affordable. She is suggesting that people rely more on vegetables better suited to the UK climate, such as turnips. It's not really as absurd as headlines may make it seem at first glance.
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Reply to comment by CitizenCobalt in Eating turnips could help ease vegetable shortage, suggests Therese Coffey by rainbowarriorhere
There is a shortage of vegetables like tomatoes and cucumbers that need to either be grown abroad or grown in the UK in heated greenhouses to be affordable. She is suggesting that people rely more on vegetables better suited to the UK climate, such as turnips. It's not really as absurd as headlines may make it seem at first glance.