date:May 28, 2015
e on ethical food and drink products increased ten-fold between 1999 and 2014. It is estimated that this sector now comprises around eight per cent of total food and drink purchases.
Here in Australia, fifty-five per cent of people say that they think buying locally sourced food is very important to them, up ten per cent from four years ago; and eighty-five percent of people say that they prefer fresh food to be sourced locally or, at least, nationally.
Hughes says that this means there is a c