Cheaper food comes with other costs – why cutting GST isn't the answer
- Written by Alan Renwick, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand
GettyImagesAs New Zealand considers the removal of the goods and services tax (GST) from food to reduce costs for low income households, advocates need to consider the impact cheap food has on the environment and whether there are better options to help struggling families.
Globally, we have become used to an abundant, season defying food supply....
