The unrivalled value of British farm produce and Boris Johnson’s big opportunity – The Yorkshire Post says

How no-deal Brexit will devastate farming in UK – NFU president Minette Batters

Yet, while farmers have never been immune from market forces and volatility over prices, there is still a view that the Government could – and should – be doing more to promote UK produce as the very best in the world.

Why the next PM should walk in footsteps of farmers to understand the North – The Bishop of Ripon

And while public appreciation of local produce has grown immeasurably in the past decade when The Yorkshire Post was at the vanguard of campaigns for clearly labelling laws to avoid imported meat being sold as ‘British’ just because it had been processed here, there’s much more to do.

Michael Gove realism over Brexit and farming – The Yorkshire Post says

Not only does Boris Johnson, as Prime Minister, need to address the very legitimate fears of farmers over a no-deal Brexit, and ensure that the rural economy is not treated as an after-thought by his administration, but he can instruct every Whitehall department to make sure that the public sector is promoting – and using – British produce wherever possible. Environmental sustainability demands this.

Yet, as this country’s chief ambassador on the world stage, it is to be hoped that he uses food and drink sourced in Britain, and ideally Yorkshire, to break the ice with global leaders. Small gestures will go long away – whether it be building relations with foreign countries and reassuring farmers, some of the hardest working people in society, that he respects their graft and their wider contribution to the nation.