UK farmers fear huge labour shortfall despite interest in 'land army'

At least 10,000 people have signed up, but more than 90,000 jobs need filling

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The farming industry says it faces a huge shortfall of workers to harvest fruit and vegetables even though many thousands of people have expressed an interest in joining a new "land army".

The campaign to recruit as many as 90,000 is being backed by environment secretary George Eustice who said: "We need to mobilise the British workforce to fill that gap and make sure our excellent fruit and vegetables are on people's plates over the summer months " I would encourage as many people as possible to sign up."