Australia’s key food industry bodies have calculated the food supply chain is currently short at least 172,000 workers from paddock to plate.
This massive labour shortage will have significant long-term impacts on price and the availability of food for the consumer unless solutions are found quickly, the group said.
Australian flat iron steak (seamed oyster blade) in a UK steak restaurant
According to the peak bodies, which have recently collaborated to form the Food Supply Chain Alliance, this is one of the few ‘cost of living’ pressures the Government can influence.
The Alliance…
