Photo: File / Getty ImagesPeople are going hungry, even though New Zealand produces enough food to feed 40 million - and it's spurring calls for the country to "feed the five million first". About 7 per cent of New Zealanders experience severe food insecurity, meaning they run out of food and go without for a day or more. For a long time it was mostly beneficiaries who experienced food insecurity but that had changed, Graham said. Our food system has undoubtedly put quite significant pressure on some of our natural assets, particularly our water." It crosses almost every ministerial portfolio - there's 31 primary agencies in government with a role in the food system."

Source: Otago Daily Times July 20, 2021 20:26 UTC