Drop in vegetable consumption driving farmers out of business, harming health

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ABS figures show only 6.5 per cent of the population meets the daily requirement of five servings of vegetables and the effects are being felt across the economy.

What's next?only 6.5 per cent of Australians are eating their daily recommended dose of five serves per day

"We're exposed to these unhealthy foods wherever we go, at the supermarket, the petrol station, the convenience store, even school canteens have a lot of unhealthy foods in there. "And what's really sad is that we're talking about a food that is a necessity for human health but people are avoiding it and buying things that are really toxic for them.""That's obviously filtered down dramatically to us as producers," she said.

"This sort of money could actually be invested in putting towards programs and campaigns that promote our health and wellbeing."Ms O'Hanlon said in addition to the busy lives, there was a perception that eating healthy was too expensive. Ms Velisha said there were market opportunities with 94 per cent of the population not eating enough vegetables.

 

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