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“Most people spend 10% of their income on food and for poorer people, it might be 15%.”

“But for everyone it’s still less than they pay on rent,
and how much do we talk about ‘rent poverty’?” he says.

“The reason people are poor is because they’re not paid enough
and because housing is too expensive in this country.
All the research suggests that most people, even people on lower incomes, want to feed their families better
and they are prepared to pay a bit more for it.”

“And what about the supermarkets?
Why aren’t we talking about what they are sucking out of the food chain?” he asks.
“Vegetables prices are typically multiplied four times between leaving the field and arriving on the supermarket shelf.
We’re talking about the wrong thing.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/24/how-riverfords-guy-singh-watson-became-the-most-brutally-honest-farmer-in-britain?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other