The produce industry is blaming rising costs for peak vegetable prices.  

Citizen initiative The Facts has analysed the highest and lowest 15 Food Price Index changes over the past 15 years.  

A kilo of cabbage rose 262 percent from March 2007 to this March – and lettuce went up 229 percent.  

Vegetable NZ Chair John Murphy told Heather du Plessis Allan many things are more expensive. 

“We’ve seen a lot of increases in fuel, where we haven’t had cost release from government for on-farm use, as well as costs of fertiliser and significant staffing costs.” 

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