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Destroying spinach and sacrificing cabbages: The worker drought wasting Australia’s produce – Sydney Morning Herald
On Tuesday afternoon Dino Boratto made the tough decision to destroy a couple of thousand boxes of bunched spinach worth $20,000. The shortage of workers due to…
Normally he would employ 15 seasonal workers from the Solomon Islands and Samoa over summer, who he says are skilled, hard workers. But this year, due to the pandemic, he hasnt been able to employ any. Most backpackers have left the state too.
Mr Boratto says Coles and Woolworths are predicting a 20 per cent increase in demand for his salad leaves over Christmas, with Australians celebrating with barbecues after a gruelling year.
“I looked them in the face and said, ‘Yeah? What do you want me …
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