A Queen Victoria Market (QVM) lobby group has made a submission to a federal parliamentary inquiry highlighting the importance community markets play in Melbourne’s food security. In their submission to be considered by a parliamentary inquiry that aims to strengthen and safeguard Australia’s food security, the Friends of Queen Victoria Market (FOQVM) outlined how markets such as QVM had a “very cost-effective impact” on the food supply chain and operated “far more efficiently and reliably than a supermarket.”
The FOQVM’s president Mary-Lou Howie said affordable and quality food was essential for everyone, particularly when rising cost of living pressures affected all Australians: “It must be addressed at local, state, and federal government levels.”
In its submission to the inquiry, which was launched in October last year, the FOQVM acknowledged climate change had impacted food production in Australia but “the key issue here is the insecurity of the supply chain and the concentration of ownership and control”.
Source: cbdnews.com.au