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For any copyright, please send me a message.  THE first plane carrying 150 “critically important” fruit pickers from Romania has landed as UK farmers fight to save the summer harvest.  Industry bosses have chartered jets to bring in much-needed seasonal workers after the coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing lockdown has meant crops could lie rotting in fields across the country. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates  The young men and women, all wearing protective face masks and gloves, arrived at a near-deserted Stansted airport north of London on Thursday afternoon.  The workers stood metres apart to comply with social distancing rules set out by the government.  They will join the so-called 'land army' who have been tasked with saving this year's summer harvest.  The Romanians who landed Thursday were bussed to a 7,000 hectare super farm in East Anglia and will help kick off the picking season on Monday. LAND ARMY  Around 30,000 people have signed up as volunteers to help ensure the country's fruit and vegetable crops do not rot away.  However, according to the Country Land & Business Association, 80,000 workers are needed to ensure the harvest is picked and delivered to shops and markets.  Relying on workers from Eastern Europe is nothing new.  Every year, around 90,000 people from countries such as Romania help pick the summer harvest. SAFE THE SUMMER HARVEST  But this season farmers have struggled to hire workers from nations which have been hit with travel restrictions because of the Covid-19 outbreak.  Fruit and veg giant G's Fresh shelled out £40,000 to charter the Titan Airways AirBus 320 flight which collected the first batch of Romanian workers, the Daily Mail reports.  The firm's HR director Beverly Dixon said: “By putting on this flight we are honouring our commitment to those who have worked with us over a number of years.  “They are critically important to collecting the crops, in this case gem lettuces.  “They will underpin our efficiency as we train up the new British staff. Without them we would have crops rotting in the field.”  Last week experts warned the UK is facing a potential disaster with as much as 3.8million tons of produce set to be dumped.  Unless the country can mobilise to “pick for victory” we are ­facing losing 170million apples, 13.2million pears, 12.4million plums and 288million cherries.  Up to 1.5billion raspberries, 4billion strawberries and 5.2billion blackcurrants could also go.  The closure of chip shops due to the coronavirus lockdown has created a surplus of 188,576 tons of potatoes worth £45.3million.  Rhubarb farmer Janet Oldroyd-Hulme, of West Yorks, said: “We won’t need our foreign workers if the English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh all lo

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