The future of food
6 Minute English
BBC
4.5 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
Many of us are trying to be more careful with our food choices, both for our personal health and for the health of the planet in general. But did you know that the food we buy is closely linked to national security? Neil and Pippa hear from climate reporter and a chief executive of the UK's Climate Change Committee, and teach you some new vocabulary.
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| 0:49.3 | And I'm Pippa. Many of us don't think twice about where the food in our kitchen comes from. |
| 0:55.7 | One trip to the supermarket and we can buy anything we want, whether that's fruit grown in |
| 1:00.2 | South America, tomatoes from Spain or rice flown in from Asia. Do you know where the food you |
| 1:06.6 | buy comes from, Neil? I try to pay attention and buy stuff that's locally produced, but |
| 1:12.9 | actually sometimes I don't really look. How about you? I actually have a calendar on my kitchen |
| 1:19.0 | wall which tells me which fruits and vegetables are grown at what times of year. The reality is |
| 1:25.0 | that the supply of fresh food to the UK is fragile. The UK imports |
| 1:30.0 | around 40% of its food and this supply chain can easily be disrupted by wars, shortages and |
| 1:36.8 | increasingly by climate change. In fact, the UK Government's Department for Environment, |
| 1:42.2 | food and rural affairs recently reported on the |
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