A campaign is being urged to teach Australians to love 'ugly' fruit.
I know I have been turned off by the quality and price of fresh fruit and Vegetables and I am living on the produce in my own vegetable and fruit garden and some frozen or tinned produce and buying very little fresh vegetables as the affordable ones are in my opinion fit for the pig bin not human consumption. When i run out of the current supply, if the frozen variety is better than fresh I will continue to use frozen products before I will eat limp vegetables. I do not mind marks n the outer skin, it us just spongy half bad vegetables are beyond ugly they are rubbish and that is what some shops are offering us at huge prices at the moment.
Independent Senator Nick Xenophon is keen that fruit and vegetable imports be kept to a minimum, despite food shortages in flood-affected states.
He is urging retailers and consumers to support Australian farmers, even if local produce is slightly damaged or more expensive in the next few months.
Senator Xenophon says a campaign could highlight the beauty of imperfect Australian fruit and veges.
"Just because fruit and vegetables might have a few blemishes, they're just as good to eat," he said.
Shortages of fresh food prompt a call to promote ugly fruit and vegetables to consumers
I know I have been turned off by the quality and price of fresh fruit and Vegetables and I am living on the produce in my own vegetable and fruit garden and some frozen or tinned produce and buying very little fresh vegetables as the affordable ones are in my opinion fit for the pig bin not human consumption. When i run out of the current supply, if the frozen variety is better than fresh I will continue to use frozen products before I will eat limp vegetables. I do not mind marks n the outer skin, it us just spongy half bad vegetables are beyond ugly they are rubbish and that is what some shops are offering us at huge prices at the moment.
Independent Senator Nick Xenophon is keen that fruit and vegetable imports be kept to a minimum, despite food shortages in flood-affected states.
He is urging retailers and consumers to support Australian farmers, even if local produce is slightly damaged or more expensive in the next few months.
Senator Xenophon says a campaign could highlight the beauty of imperfect Australian fruit and veges.
"Just because fruit and vegetables might have a few blemishes, they're just as good to eat," he said.
Shortages of fresh food prompt a call to promote ugly fruit and vegetables to consumers
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