"This is driven by the public's demand for cheap food "
Not necessarily
An enormous amount of produce grown in Britain is for export - only 58 percent of the food eaten in Britain is home grown.
The Norfolk coast has been devastated over the last few decades by the multinationals buying up the farms and tearing down the hedgerows - result - a combination of the east wind and no protection has lost much of the rich topsoil.
Jim Carroll