Eating Turnips Instead of Tomatoes Could Help With Produce Shortages, Coffey Says

Empty fruit and vegetable shelves at an Asda store in London.Photographer: Yui Mok/PA Wire
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Eating turnips could help avoid fruit and vegetable shortages in UK supermarkets during the winter months, the Environment Secretary has suggested.

Therese Coffey told MPs that ongoing shortages of produce will be a temporary issue that should be resolved in two to four weeks.