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UK farmers: have you been able to sell your ‘wonky’ fruit and vegetables?

Gardener holding a basket of homegrown deformed parsnips.
Gardener holding a basket of homegrown deformed parsnips. Photograph: Tim Gainey/Alamy

Lidl and Waitrose will start selling “wonky” fruit and vegetables that have been “stunted” by UK drought conditions as part of efforts to support farmers struggling with the driest summer for 50 years, and to ensure that perfectly good produce does not go to waste.

We’d like to hear from UK farmers – who can remain anonymous if they wish – whether they have struggled selling fruit and vegetable produce that doesn’t conform with certain beauty standards to other supermarkets and clients.

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