Drought: Why we need to get used to wonky vegetables
More potatoes will be smaller, with lower quality skin and even some defects, he adds.
A representative for the British Retail Consortium told BBC News that supermarkets already accepted odd-shaped vegetables. Potatoes are very vulnerable to drought in the UK where half the national crop is fed by rain, Prof Jerry Knox explains. The last time the UK had a drought was in 2018, but rains came just in time to save most crops. But this year the Met Office is forecasting several months of dry, warm weather.
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