Hello you've downloaded a podcast of BBC Radio 4's The Food Program.

Welcome to our world from cooking to culture, politics to pleasure.

We hope you enjoy it.

I need to ask you a question.

How has your week been?

The UK has voted to leave the European Union.

The British people have voted.

There were big wins for leave.

And their will must be respected.

In the city, shares plunged and the pound fell dramatically.

The country requires fresh leadership.

Northern Ireland voted to remain in the EU.

A second referendum must be on the table.

Across Wales, voters backed Brexit.

As if you need reminding, but that question I posed, how has your week been isn't

intended to sound flippant. It's actually the question I've spent the last couple of days putting

to people whose lives and livelihoods revolve around food and drink, farming and retailing.

So if you are feeling a little Brexit out,

I'm genuinely sorry, but the last 10 days has served up way too big, a food story for the food

program to ignore.

And in many ways it's an untold story.

So this is our plan B, a fast and sometimes furious exploration of a newly unpredictable food future.

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