Friday 5 March 2021

A disastrous year for one of Cornwall's major crops.

 "Fields of flowers worth hundreds of thousands of pounds have been left to rot.

Varfell Farms is the world’s largest daffodil grower, producing half a billion stems each year at Longrock, Penzance. (not the one shown here)

The farm needs roughly 700 pickers but says the Covid pandemic and the end of free movement following Brexit means only 400 flower pickers are available to pick the daffodils. Many smaller growers are affected in the same way. "









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