Kiwi Fruit... an Election Issue?

Incredible Edible pointed to as example to council election candidates in New Zealand.

The Otago Daily News says “If you are running for the Dunedin City Council in the coming election, I would like to know what your policy is on fruit trees. Fruit trees, nut trees, berry bushes and, while you’re on the topic, community gardens.
This may seem like a minor issue in the grand scheme of a local body election, but I, and all the people I like, want to see more edible stuff growing in public places in the city.”

It goes on to state that “The QLDC’s policy casts trees as “fundamental to human existence and the continuity of the food web which supports all life on Earth”. The DCC’s policy casts trees as the devil, with their beastly “shading, loss of views, root damage to pavement and adjacent properties, overhanging branches and [risk to] traffic safety”.

Also for comparison is Incredible Edible Todmorden. Todmorden is a town in England that has food planted everywhere. Cherries at the police station; pumpkins in the graveyard. You can look it up if you want.”

The story of what’s happening here in Tod certainly is reaching far and wide

Read the full article in The Otago Daily News