[permaculture-oceania] SUGAR CAN SMUT

[Russ Grayson]

On 25/6/06 4:29 PM, "P Ferguson" <pennyfer at bigpond.net.au> wrote:

> The news that sugarcane smut fungal disease has been found on 12 properties in
> and around Childers in Queensland is a worry. There was the citrus canker in
mandarins near Emerald, Qld,  and Fiji disease somewhere else.
> 
> Why, one wonders, is the federal government so anxious to remove our barriers
> to imported fresh produce to protect our producers against these diseases.
> 
> Bananas from the Philippines?  Apples from NZ?   No thanks.
> 
> I saw snow peas from China in Aldi last week!

Just one more reason to choose to buy local. If not that, then from within
the state. If not that, then from within the country.

Choice as behaviour is practiced as 'integrity in the moment of decision' -
do I but local or imported?

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