{"id":60641,"date":"2023-08-05T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=60641"},"modified":"2025-05-20T14:02:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T02:02:52","slug":"climate-extremes-make-nzs-supply-chains-highly-vulnerable-its-time-to-rethink-how-we-grow-and-ship-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/climate-extremes-make-nzs-supply-chains-highly-vulnerable-its-time-to-rethink-how-we-grow-and-ship-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate extremes make NZ\u2019s supply chains highly vulnerable \u2013 it\u2019s time to rethink how we grow and ship food"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Supermarket customers around New Zealand are noticing gaps in the grocery aisles that have nothing to do with the global pandemic or Ukraine war. It\u2019s clear domestic food supply chains have been increasingly challenged by natural disasters and the ongoing impact of climate change.<\/p>\n\n

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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND – JANUARY 27<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Countdown recently warned customers that certain foods would be in short supply due to flooding<\/a> on the East Coast. Time and again, we have seen such shortages and significant increases in the price of certain foods, particularly fresh produce.<\/p>\n\n

The question is whether we have just been unlucky, or are these disruptions a result of deeper issues in the New Zealand food system? Are we more vulnerable than other countries, and if so, what does this mean for our food security?<\/p>\n\n

Over the decades, New Zealand has centralised its food system and increased the risk that a single regional event could reverberate nationally. But it\u2019s not too late to diversify and increase resilience across our food supply system.<\/p>\n\n

Efficiency over resiliency<\/h2>\n\n

Modern food supply chains have largely been optimised for economic efficiency rather than resilience to supply-side shocks.<\/p>\n\n

The agricultural sector has seen a process of increasing scale and specialised production \u2013 primarily to increase profitability. In part, this has been driven by land suitability.<\/p>\n\n

The outcome is a relatively small number of large-scale processing factories and the concentration of enterprises in specific regions. For example, around 32% of New Zealand\u2019s horticultural products come from the Bay of Plenty and Hawkes Bay.<\/p>\n\n

At the retail end of the chain, large, centralised distribution centres and \u201cjust in time\u201d delivery systems keep costs low for the two dominant supermarket chains, which account for between 80% and 90%<\/a> of the food we consume. Food is brought to just a handful of distribution centres before being dispersed across their networks of stores.<\/p>\n\n

But disruptions in one region can affect the entire country. In the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake<\/a>, the distribution centres serving the entire South Island were damaged. Supermarkets were forced to ship supplies from their North Island hubs.<\/p>\n\n

A recent study<\/a> from the Timaru District Council found that while South Canterbury describes itself as the food bowl of New Zealand, 95% of the commercially-bought food in the district comes from outside the region.<\/p>\n\n

Over-dependence on roads<\/h2>\n\n

The current supply chain model is totally reliant on the uninterrupted movement of products across the country through our transport network \u2013 in theory, comprised of road, rail, sea and air links.<\/p>\n\n

\"AUCKLAND,
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND – JANUARY 30: Konini Rd in Titirangi is closed with slips and flooding (Photo by Fiona Goodall\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

In practice, just under 93% of freight<\/a> goes by one mode \u2013 road. This compares with 72% in Germany.<\/p>\n\n

Topography coupled with low population densities mean many regions are served by only one or, at most, two main roads suitable for freight trucks. We are nearly totally reliant on roads but our road networks are particularly vulnerable<\/a> to climatic events and other natural disasters.<\/p>\n\n

Our food distribution system seems to be better set up to get exports out or imports in through ports and airports than to move food around New Zealand<\/a>. The vast majority of our agricultural products are exported rather than consumed in New Zealand.<\/p>\n\n

Resilience in uncertain times<\/h2>\n\n

All the evidence suggests climate change is going to increase the challenges in our food system, with more frequent and intense weather events<\/a>. Projected sea-level rise will also put more strain on our already vulnerable food system at the farm and processing levels, as well as our ability to move it around the country.<\/p>\n\n

Regional councils are clearly concerned<\/a>, and there is increasing discussion of the concepts of food resilience and local food networks.<\/p>\n\n

But what does a food system designed around resilience rather than optimisation look like? Does it simply mean less choice and higher prices? Or can it tackle other challenges, such as diet and health, environmental concerns and broader food security?<\/p>\n\n

Two possible and compatible paths are evident. The first relates to local food networks<\/a> and involves diversification of the products produced within each region, at both the farm and processing and manufacturing levels.<\/p>\n\n

The idea of distributed manufacturing \u2013 basically mini-factories dispersed through the country \u2013 has been discussed in the forestry sector in New Zealand<\/a> but could equally be considered for food.<\/p>\n\n

Some emerging technologies that reduce dependence on the local climate for production, such as vertical farming<\/a>, could be important in local food networks. Aquaponics<\/a> (farming both fish and plants together), or algae production in ponds, could also diversify local food resources.<\/p>\n\n

The idea of \u201ccircularity\u201d could help reduce dependence on external inputs. Food waste products, for example, could be turned into energy as well as fertiliser.<\/p>\n\n

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Alternative farming approaches \u2013 like vertical farming \u2013 could help New Zealand\u2019s food supply resiliency. Getty Images<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

From supply chains to systems<\/h2>\n\n

Alternatively, we could keep the potential benefits of national scale production, but invest to reduce the vulnerabilities in our transport networks. As recent research highlights<\/a>, there could be multiple benefits to reducing reliance on roads.<\/p>\n\n

And we don\u2019t need to reinvent the wheel. Only 6% of freight is transported by rail \u2013 this could be increased to diversify shipping options.<\/p>\n\n

There may also be opportunities to make more out of coastal shipping routes. At the moment, this largely comprises the movement of bulk products such as fertiliser and cement.<\/p>\n\n

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However we tackle the increasing vulnerabilities in our food supply chain, we need to think of it as a food system and not simply a supply chain. The complex interactions in our food system mean changes to one part are likely to have wider economic, environmental, social and cultural impacts.<\/p>\n\n

Tackling our potential vulnerability to climate change needs to be undertaken in the context of a wider strategy for the entire food system.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPETITION: Support a shift to regenerative farming\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Call on Christopher Luxon to set up a billion dollar fund to transition New Zealand away from industrial to regenerative agriculture.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t \n Take Action\n <\/a>\n \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\n

Alan Renwick<\/a>, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n

This article is republished from The Conversation<\/a> under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

This article\u00a0is a guest post and doesn’t necessarily represent the views of Greenpeace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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