Murry Burns, one of the two founders of the Whangarei Growers markets featured on Radio NZ Bulletins today.
He is commenting on the impact of food safety plans mandated by the The Food Safety Law Reform Bill. This was featured in an earlier post about artisan cheese makers.
As discussed in the earlier post, a Food Policy Council would be a voice in policy for smaller food producers on this and related issues. Local Food Northland are working on this now.
“If I am forced to wash my greens in chlorine and use fungicide like the big producers I will simply close my business.” Murray Burns
Here is an image from Hydro Healthy’s Facebook Page. Nicki comments that “when there are frogs in the water, it shows how clean and pesticide free the water we grow in is”. Murry and Nicki have developed an innovative hydroponic system that integrates chooks and liquid composts into the growing media.
Aotearoa Food Policy Network 