The food crisis Bryan Bruce Documentary tonight

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One of the problems is that we're still a low wage country, another is that housing now doesn't always allow for a home garden which they really ought to do. That way those who want to & are able, can grow at least some of their own food.

The problem is that so many simply don't......... The bottom line is that we simply have too many people trying to live in over-crowded conditions and so many of them have too much access to junk food to be motivated to grow their own.

I believe the problem lies with our society where convenience, and instant gratification, is king. The idea of planning lives more than a week, or in some cases a day, in advance is totally foreign to them. The supermarkets operate on a 3 day product replenishment system and many households struggle to consume the food they do purchase before it has to be binned. The lack of a vege garden, deep freeze or structured weekly meal plan makes many people totally reliant on a hand to mouth existence that is not that far removed from the subsistence lifestyles of impoverished third world societies.

Not an easy fix as Bryan alluded to but with an electorate system based on a three yearly popularity contest don't hold your breath in it happening any time soon.