Reblogged from Indaily's Blog:
MELISSA MACK SOUTH Australia is not ready for a strict French-style appellation system for its premium food regions, an industry body has warned. Regional Food Industry Association chair Jan Angas says an appellation scheme is going too far too soon. “A true appellation scheme might be 10 years down the track. It’s too big a leap now,” she told Indaily. The state government has received 27 submissions on the Australia-first appellation scheme to give SA products European-style labelling to certify …
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Why on earth would we want to put a millstone of that size around our necks. The french system is SO prohibitive & restrictive that it stiffles all creativity & innovation and forces everybody to conform rather than allow people to experiment in creativity and grow/plant new things that have not been popular until now!!! Lord save us.
I’m curious if this is a knee-jerk reaction to what happened with the mushrooms? Or has this spouted from elsewhere?