A third of growers say they have been forced to leave 100 tons of fruit unpicked - around 16 million apples - because of a labour shortfall in part fuelled by Brexit uncertainty.
Shortage of pickers leaves 50 million apples rotting in UK orchards. โenough apples to feed 44,000 children every day for a year. And that is just 30 per cent of the industry โ it could be much more.โ