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["John D'hondt" <dhondt@eircom.net>]

> I'm not involved in anything related to groceries, importing, or anything
> like this, but I think if we had a way to contact the growers directly,
> perhaps find someone at Whole Foods (in the US), or a large company in
> Europe or Japan or Dubai or another affluent part of the world that is 
> able
> to handle the details, we might get something going.
>
> Is there anyone on this list from Victoria who can contact the growers?
> Is there anyone who knows someone in one of the big food companies, or
> knows someone who does?
>
> Carolyn

I'll talk to a small fruit importer tomorrow and I will mention this. Maybe 
he can come up with a big fruit importer.
John

> On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 7:25 PM, John D'hondt <dhondt@eircom.net> wrote:
>
> > I have never seen Australian fruit in Europe. South African, Peruvian yes
> > and these sell readily. It is only a matter of getting it here?
> > John
> >
> > > This sickens me. How can we help preserve the remaining trees?  Can we
> > > help
> > > create a market somehow?  We are a fairly large group, located all over
> > > the
> > > world.  Surely our collective minds can provide a solution.  Let's put
> > > them
> > > together and brainstorm for these trees and these humans!
> > >
> > > Carolyn
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 8:04 AM, Lawrence London
> > > <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >>
> > http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-03/farmers-at-risk-of-suicide-after-losing-supply-contracts/4795684
> > >>
> > >>  Print<
> > >>
> > http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-03/farmers-at-risk-of-suicide-after-losing-supply-contracts/4795684#
> > >> >
> > >> Email<
> > >>
> > http://www2b.abc.net.au/EAF/View/MailToQuery.aspx?http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-03/farmers-at-risk-of-suicide-after-losing-supply-contracts/4795684
> > >> >
> > >> Facebook<
> > >>
> > http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fnews%2F2013-07-03%2Ffarmers-at-risk-of-suicide-after-losing-supply-contracts%2F4795684&t=Farmers%20at%20risk%20of%20suicide%20after%20losing%20supply%20contracts
> > >> >
> > >> Twitter<
> > >>
> > http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Farmers%20at%20risk%20of%20suicide%20after%20losing%20supply%20contracts%20http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fnews%2F2013-07-03%2Ffarmers-at-risk-of-suicide-after-losing-supply-contracts%2F4795684%20%40abcnews
> > >> >
> > >> More<
> > >>
> > http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-03/farmers-at-risk-of-suicide-after-losing-supply-contracts/4795684#
> > >> >
> > >> Goulburn Valley growers at risk of suicide after losing supply 
> > >> contracts
> > >>
> > >> Updated 9 hours 11 minutes ago
> > >>  *Video:* Heartbreak for Goulburn Valley orchardists (7pm TV News VIC)
> > >> <
> > >>
> > http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-02/heartbreak-for-goulburn-valley-orchardists/4795164
> > >> >
> > >>  <
> > >>
> > http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-02/heartbreak-for-goulburn-valley-orchardists/4795166
> > >> >
> > >>  *Map: * Shepparton
> > >> 3630<
> > http://maps.google.com/?q=-36.382,145.3974%28Shepparton%203630%29&z=5
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >> Thousands of fruit trees, some almost a century old, are being ripped
> > out
> > >> of the ground in the Goulburn Valley, Victoria's most productive fruit
> > >> growing area.
> > >>
> > >> Farmers say cheap imports are destroying the local industry and around
> > >> Shepparton, one in five suppliers to the local cannery have revealed
> > they
> > >> are suffering from depression.
> > >>
> > >> SPC Ardmona recently cut its intake of locally-sourced fruit, as the
> > >> company struggles to compete with a influx of cheap imported fruit on
> > >> supermarket shelves.
> > >>
> > >> Jimmy and Kamal Singh have grown fruit near Shepparton for 14 years.
> > >>
> > >> Some of their pear trees are 90 years old.
> > >>
> > >>  This is really sad. You can see how healthy these trees are. They 
> > >> grow
> > >> beautiful fruit. We just can't sell it.
> > >>  Jimmy Singh, pear grower
> > >>
> > >>  Mr Singh has lost his entire contract to supply fruit to the cannery
> > and
> > >> has already had more than 3,500 trees knocked down.
> > >>
> > >> "This is really sad. You can see how healthy these trees are. They 
> > >> grow
> > >> beautiful fruit. We just can't sell it," he said.
> > >>
> > >> Right across the Goulburn Valley trees are being destroyed because of
> > >> concerns about fruit fly.
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