Let's cover the Mid North Coast of NSW in plastic..

Image:
"Surrounding the town of El Ejido, Almeria Province, southern Spain is a sea of greenhouses, stretching for tens of kilometers. Millions of tons of vegetables are exported to other European countries and other parts of the world. The image covers an area of 19 x 30.5 km, was acquired July 20, 2008, and is located at 36.75 degrees north latitude, 2.75 degrees west longitude."
https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/almeria-spain/

NSW - Traumatic landscapes of plastic, pollution and exploitation
https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/115991606657243814
#NSW #industrialisation #SeaOfPlastic #plastic #MidNorthCoast #blueberries #agribusiness #plantations #externalities #EcologicalViolence

Traumatic landscapes of plastic, pollution and exploitation

The coastline of Spain is known as the ‘Sea of Plastic’ ("Mar de Plástico”) It is the world’s largest plastic greenhouse complex with 350 square km of fruit and vegetables grown by immigrant labour for the horticultural industry. >>
https://www.behance.net/gallery/22272681/Mar-del-Plastico#

Could we do the same thing to the coast of NSW?
NSW Greens to move bill to let councils better regulate berry industry as it continues rapid expansion

“People move into these beautiful valleys for the lifestyle and the environment but then wake up one day and within months they are looking at an industrial-scale blueberry farm."

"Faehrmann’s bill will call for mandated buffers between intensive horticulture farms and homes and waterways, as well as strict controls on spraying, runoff and irrigation and greater monitoring of produce for pesticides."

"Blueberry farming is rapidly expanding beyond Coffs Harbour, where it began several decades ago, into the Nambucca Valley and the Kempsey area to the south, and west toward Grafton and Bellingen."
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/31/australia-berry-industry-bill-nsw-greens
#rivers #water #extractivism #pesticides #MidNorthCoast #ChinasOrchard #horticulturalIndustry #regulation #runoff #pollution #plastic #PALM #blueberries #SeaOfPlastics #TraumaticLandscapes #NSWCoast #NSW #CoffsHarbour #Nambucca #Kempsey #Grafton #Bellingen #residents #habitability #NSWLogging

Yesterday I spent some time freezing lemon juice and slices.

Today there are lemon blueberry muffins in the oven.
Actions and consequences.😋

If it's raining and snowing outdoors, something fresh from the oven is called for.

#Cozy #Baking #Muffins #Lemons #Blueberries

My new video is now available

https://youtu.be/MPDIvd9qBFw?si=BEz9nepLkNIz3NkD

#blueberries #fruit #photography #macro #video #relaxing #stressreduction

Modern slavery in Coffs Harbour?
Where does the fruit for Christmas come from?

"Migrant workers have given evidence in Coffs Harbour at a NSW parliamentary inquiry into modern slavery...More than 100 reports of migrant workers being exploited across Coffs Harbour in the past two years."

"The Coffs Coast is the nation's largest producer of blueberries."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-13/modern-slavery-migrant-hearings-in-nsw/106130342

Modern slavery au
https://www.modernslavery.gov.au/
#CoffsHarbour #NSW #IR #work #fruit #food #PALM #workers #exploitation #plantations #LabourMobility #HorticulturalIndustry #blueberries #ModernSlavery #PacificNeighbours

Christmas hamper contextualised with fruit from the plantations of the Coffs Harbour coast, ChatGPT