Darina Allen: Cheap food is a myth — the real cost is simply too high

Cutting cost on the food you eat is just raising the cost on your health

We’re almost out of the ‘hungry gap’, that’s the six or eight weeks between mid-March and early June, depending on the year. The gap happens when the weather begins to warm up and the overwintered vegetables start to ‘bolt’ (go to seed) but the spring plantings aren’t yet mature enough to eat.

Historically, this was a time of genuine scarcity and often hunger, but today, most people in their busy lives are totally unaware of a ‘hungry gap’, because the supermarket shelves are packed with produce year-round.