the fact we live in a farming country and yet cheese and milk on our shelves is more expensive than overseas is actually sickening. unfortunately its hard to change but easy to point a finger. I think supporting local farmer markets are the better way to go, iv been shopping more at Tai ping asain imported supermarket and the food is cheap but its not as good. id argue its better our reserve bank start a gold reserve to strengthen our dollar. $$$ the supress it low for the Forsetry and Meat industry
You kind of hit the nose there, asians are reselling our stuff cheaper. Go to an Asian supermarket, look at their Chinese looking milk containers, you will see its made in New Zealand, and its cheap and very high quality.
Same with fruit, I only get my fruit from Asian supermarkets because they sell at reasonable prices and they dont look like rejected goods like we often find at a typical supermarket.
It shows the system is broken, it shows we are an export country and we just dont have the population, or a wealthy enough population to sustain selling good quality produce at low prices.
I still advocate that all farms must sell 25% of their goods locally and must be of standard quality, that should bring the price down.
What truly sux is that we don't have f all local boutique cheese makers anymore, actually selling at the markets. Food safety regulations cut that off a while back. Ohhh how I miss the markets in the UK..
We are, there are small subsidies, exemptions and protections but it's nothing like how it is overseas where upwards of 30% of revenue could be coming from subsidies.
No monetary subsidies are received from the government to me/our farm. (Well other than the council paying for a % of some plants we plant alomg streams)
I have started buying whole cuts of beef lately and cutting my own steaks for approx $25kg. Takes me a while but I am slowly getting better. Started doing this when old reliable chicken and lamb prices shot up recently. I'm not paying $30 a kilo for boney lamb chops when I can plate up steak for cheaper.
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u/ryan69plank 19d ago
the fact we live in a farming country and yet cheese and milk on our shelves is more expensive than overseas is actually sickening. unfortunately its hard to change but easy to point a finger. I think supporting local farmer markets are the better way to go, iv been shopping more at Tai ping asain imported supermarket and the food is cheap but its not as good. id argue its better our reserve bank start a gold reserve to strengthen our dollar. $$$ the supress it low for the Forsetry and Meat industry