Food Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse...

[Thom Blach]

French dijon mustard supply hit by climate and rising costs, say producers

Poor seed harvests have led to empty shelves at supermarkets in France and global shortages

www.theguardian.com

I am intrigued to discover that there is still UK grown mustard seed as well as some French. Who knew that Nepal was the largest producer??

 

[Eric Burch]

Some years ago, working in Norwich, I was tickled to notice that this was of such importance that it was the headline in the local news, and the headline used to advertise the local news:

 

[Christopher Topham-Smith]

French [...] seed production in 2021 was down 50% after poor harvests..

No sniggering at the back, please?