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      Our food chain is breaking. Recession-hit Britain imports over £37 billion of food and drink at volatile prices, with the cost of filling up the fridge growing four times faster than wages. Meanwhile, food miles – the carbon footprints of our food flown into the UK from remote corners of the globe – increase global warming. That, in turn, is causing more extreme weather events that are likely to mean a future where entire crops are devastated, causing overnight price hikes. As the horse meat scandal shows, we're not always in complete control of where our food comes from either – and around the world the food chain is in the same poor state.Tags:                agriculture_urbaine            