Ahiahi mārie, welcome to The Spinoff Daily. Today on The Spinoff, Toby Manhire attempts some literal bread and butter economics, Alex Casey gathers tips on how to prepare your household for a disaster and Chris Schulz meets the creator of a popular app facing a dilemma.
“In one viral video of the Auckland floods, brown bulbs bob along a rainy road – onions forced out of their underground dens, washed clean out of the fields by the deluge. These alliums are ominous. They seem to be staring our food system in the face and pointing out that this wild weather’s impact will hardly be ring-fenced to one geographical area. On the food front, the flood’s flow-on effects will be worth watching. Especially when you consider that 26% of New Zealand’s domestic vege production happens in Pukekohe, in an area measuring just 40 square kilometres. So, what has happened on the food front since the flood? What can we take away from it, and what comes next?”
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Food in a flood: What the rain means for all our dinner tables
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