It's daffodil season.
But this year, among English florists, the ritual bouquets of
daffodils
, which precede the arrival of spring, will be lacking.
In Cornwall, Varfell Farms, the largest producer of these yellow flowers in the country, with 500 million stems per year, will leave a good part to rot on the stalk, for lack of labor to pick them.
Of the 750 seasonal workers it needs, the company has only been able to recruit 400, reports the
Financial Times
.
At issue: Brexit, which has deprived the United Kingdom of many European workers since the end of freedom of movement on January 1.
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