[Pil-pc-oceania] 'Buy local': impacts in US markets; consumers must eat more fruit & veg

[Deb Guildner]

*extract from this news item (full article below):
"According to Dr Ekman, "The view from the United States is that sustainability, carbon footprints and the 'buy local' movements are having a significant impact on the handling of fresh fruit and vegetables, and ornamentals".

Perhaps the same could be done in Australia...in time.  The growth of organic sector is exponential (and belived to be approaching 15%?  does anyone have any data on this?

Cheers

Deb

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      Breaking Rural News : HORTICULTURE  
     
     Consumers drive fruit and vegie innovations 
      Australia
      Tuesday, 11 September 2007 

      Consumers are driving new technologies and innovations in the way fresh fruit and vegetables are prepared for market, according to the organisers of the Australian Postharvest Conference in Terrigal, NSW, this week.
      NSW Department of Primary Industries research horticulturalist, Dr Jenny Ekman, says, "Even though consumers say they want to eat more fruits and veg, many people fail to eat even the recommended five or more servings of fruit and veg a day."

      She says the message from the conference is that innovations are crucial at a time when fruit and vegetable consumption is static or falling in much of the western world.

      The three-day conference, organised by the NSW Department of Primary Industries, has attracted researchers from around the world.

      Speakers include Dr James Gorny from the University of California, who will be highlighting the role of post-harvest technologies in addressing consumer concerns about food safety and the environment.

      According to Dr Ekman, "The view from the United States is that sustainability, carbon footprints and the 'buy local' movements are having a significant impact on the handling of fresh fruit and vegetables, and ornamentals.

      SOURCE: The Land, NSW, horticulture news service.





           

     
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