I can't actually tell whether you have reading comprehension issues or you're just a troll. For one last time, I will assume it's not the latter. So, and in the order things appear in your post * nobody is talking about 15% of our food supply disappearing. The only person here that mentions it is you, and for no discernible reason. And if you did not have reading comprehension issues, you'd also notice that I wrote that 15% is the upper limit of the percentage of our food that comes from the developing world, as per the report I linked. If you want to dispute the report's contents, I would suggest contacting its authors, rather than trying to argue with me that the figures it contains are wrong. * You talk vaguely and without substantiation about the EU itself importing stuff from elsewhere. I am sure that there's a degree of that at play, but you provided no reliable numbers or evidence that's the case, so, as far as I am concerned, that is a second order effect at best until such time as said evidence turns up. * You ramble on about some vague reference about imports and exports and finish with a lapalisade. Yes, we know we import more than export, that is where we started this discussion from, but the obvious point is that if you import 1t of lettuce and export 500kg, you'll be able to import less than 1t if you export less than 500kg. * You then (hopefully not purposefuly) choose to ignore what my sentence actually means and start again rambling about food banks and whatever. The fact is, the global (not just this quaint little group of islands) number of undernourished people is falling. While there might be more and more of us, we're becoming more efficient at food production and distribution. Is the trend sustainable? Opinions vary, but generally the sentiment seems to be thatt change needs to happen if we are to have a chance to feed everyone on this planet in the future. Can that be achieved by idiotic isolationism and everybody trying to be self-suficient on their own? No, and only a troll would argue for yes.