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July 14, 2022 Edition-----The biggest news this week was the assassination of the ex-PM of Japan – Shinzo Abe – who was a good friend to OZ incidentally.In the US we have had a wind-up to a busy summit season – NATO etc – and the ongoing war in Ukraine which is becoming a deepening, protracted and horrible situation which it seems hard to resolve sadly.In the UK Boris is out but not gone and the battle for the succession is off and rolling.In OZ we have Albo back and we need to work out what to mitigate these various natural disasters and actually get on with it!!!! The response has been pathetic so far I reckon!-----Major Issues.-----https://www.afr.com/companies/agriculture/lettuce-for-all-how-vertical-farming-will-plug-supply-chain-shortages-20220701-p5ay8uLettuce for all: how vertical farming will plug supply chain shortagesYolanda Redrup ReporterJul 3, 2022 – 5.00amLettuce at more than $10 a head could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to a $56 million cash injection into automated vertical farming business Stacked Farm, which will increase the production of leafy greens in Australia.Flooding and supply chain problems forcedKFC to put cabbage in its burgers in lieu of lettuce last month, and products such as spinach and lemongrass have been in short supply in somesupermarkets.Stacked will use the $56 million to accelerate the establishment of its first commercial scale vertical farm, a 5000 to 7000 square metre facility that will have the largest output of le...
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