Grocery code well overdue

Bags of carrots for 9c and broccoli for 6c, in December, and now four pints of milk for £1, in the UK, seem to be good news for consumers, and bad news for farmers.

Given the economic recession and austerity in many countries since 2009, cheaper food must be welcomed — but not at the expense of the primary producers.

Vegetable and potato grow-ers are especially vulnerable — along with small, family-run fruit-and-vegetable shop-owners.