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What's a food supply chain?
A food supply chain is the journey food takes from farm to your plate. It involves growing, harvesting, processing, transporting, and selling. Extreme weather, like the storms predicted in the story, can disrupt any part of this chain, making it harder for shops to get stock and for you to buy food.
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