NZ: Calls for a food security plan to protect industry growth
date:May 24, 2017
Horticulture New Zealand is calling on the government to introduce a national Food Security Plan to prevent the stunting of the sector's long-term growth. The industry representative group says that only 5 per cent of land in New Zealand, or around 1.4 million hectares is suitable for horticulture, but it is being threatened by community growth.

What we face is urban encroachment, and lifestyle block encroachment, Chief Executive Mike Chapman said. To understand how dramatic that is, a lot of t
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