The Commerce Commission’s final report into New Zealand’s $22 billion supermarket industry, the heart of this country’s food system, found plenty wrong. Growing more food here would also help focus political attention on food system issues, he says. Ongoing and escalating turmoil in the global food system could tip the balance in favour of shorter, local supply chains. Because the global food system is vulnerable to the escalating cost of fossil fuels. "We need to decarbonise, encourage small local food enterprises to get bigger and develop a New Zealand food culture".

Source: Otago Daily Times May 02, 2022 09:14 UTC