Remember when everyone voted for Brexit because it was way easier for us to remain self sufficient thanks to all the supplies found within our own country?

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Well now it’s seven years later, inflation is out of control, the supermarket shelves are always out of the food you want and now it looks like we might be running out of chicken as well. There’s already been a well documented egg shortage this year which I suppose we should have assumed would lead to a chicken shortage too – because you know, what came first the chicken or the egg? – and it looks like that might be on the verge of happening.

Anyway, here’s what The British Poultry Council – who sound very serious – had to say about the shortage:

Without a fair price for product, British poultry is at breaking point.

The price consumers pay for food does not reflect the cost of producing it. Such a system is unsustainable.

The drive to keep food affordable under exceptional market conditions where the cost of production is not being returned through the marketplace is rendering poultry meat businesses unviable.

Access to safe, affordable, nutritious food is always necessary, not just in the face of a cost-of-living crisis, but the focus on keeping prices low in this climate is understandable.

Doing so, however, fails to acknowledge large costs incurred elsewhere in our supply chain – energy, feed, labour, packaging, transport, and so on, all on top of ongoing Brexit and avian influenza challenges.

British poultry plays a crucial role in realising a vision for a UK food system that feeds people, contributes to their wellbeing, tackles social inequality, and ensures a liveable climate for all.

Things need to change for the sake of British food and farming. The fact that now is the hardest time for government to confront this problem is exactly why they should.

Jesus Christ that doesn’t sound good does it? On top of this there’s also the fact that there could be fruit and vegetable shortages in the UK due to record temperatures in Spain and the season over here starting off late because of the cold spring too. Great.

Maybe start hoarding all your favourite foods now because it doesn’t look like they’re going to be available come the autumn. I’m sure that would really help the situation! Good luck.

For more of the same, check out when a KFC customer found chicken brains in their meal. We’ll be begging to find them in a couple of months.