Severe frosts wreck purple broccoli crops

PASTA-AND-BROCHOLLI

Supplies of a foodie favourite, purple sprouting broccoli, are running low after the harsh winter weather destroyed half of this year's British crop. Unusually strong frosts in November 2010 left plants frozen for several weeks. "Those...

 

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