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    99 cents for garlic, or soil under your fingers - by frog



    One of the speakers at the Green conference last weekend was Lynda Hallinan the Editor of New Zealand Gardener Magazine. Sadly I wasn’t taking notes, because she gave a fascinating talk on growing her own vegetables in her inner city garden. If you are an early bird you might know her from TV3′s Sunrise show [...] read more
    June 6, 2008 7:16 am - 20 Comments
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    Sue Kedgley on Peak Food - by frog



    Sue Kedgley spoke at the Farmers Market Biennial Conference yesterday on Peak Food: We are in danger of becoming a cash crop nation –producing dairy and to a lesser extent meat for export –while other sectors are being eroded by cheap imports. We import 2.8 million tonnes of food each year — bananas from Equador, [...] read more
    May 31, 2008 7:38 am - 39 Comments
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    “Made from imported and local ingredients” - by frog



    We import about 1.5 million tonnes of food every year from many different countries – including fresh foods such as fish, meat, fruit and vegetables. For example we import lettuces from Korea, pears from China, oranges from Thailand. All things we can, if we want, grow here. None of it has to be labelled for [...] read more
    December 6, 2007 5:05 pm - 52 Comments