Good news for people in Britain who have got food jobs, and good news for people looking for food jobs. For the first time in a decade a politician has been talking about the need for Britain to produce more food.
Environment secretary Hilary Benn has announced a strategy called 'Food 2030', a 20-year plan which will support food production in this country, and this suggests that there will be a lot more food jobs on the horizon.
After a Christmas which, encouragingly, saw sales of the best British reared ham and turkey up by around 10%, the politician's plan to further encourage the public to buy British, and to put more emphasis on locally produced food, should ensure that people who want work in food jobs in Britain will have the best possible chance.
As the government move to support productive farming, there should be more jobs in agriculture, which will in turn lead to more jobs in processing and packing. All those jobs that were being done overseas, when it was in Britain's interests to import a lot of their food, will return to these shores and ensure a healthy future for food jobs in Britain.
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