Britain’s ability to feed itself is quietly slipping away. The Government’s new Farming Evidence Pack presents a calm statistical snapshot of UK agriculture – but behind the numbers lies a stark truth. Our native food production is declining, small farms are disappearing, and dependence on global supply chains is deepening just as those chains begin to fracture. From diesel shortages to corporate consolidation, this long‑form analysis exposes how the system we rely on is becoming critically fragile – and why rebuilding capacity at every level is now a matter of survival.