Unsustainable labour challenges leave Australia's vegetable supplies to rot

By Anna Patty
May 15 2017 - 3:00pm
Vegetable suppliers are finding it hard to find workers to pick and pack produce. Photo: Brendon Thorne
Vegetable suppliers are finding it hard to find workers to pick and pack produce. Photo: Brendon Thorne

A quarter of Australia's vegetable growers are forced to abandon valuable produce which is left to rot because they can't find enough workers to pick and pack it, a new report has found.

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