Vegies and fruit suppliers

Wow, was reading in the Age this week that of the producers of vegetables grown in Australia that the main supermarkets source their vegies from only 7-8 suppliers. Won't quote the source as am speaking in really general terms here.

Of course the two largest supermarket chains are the main green grocery suppliers in this country. This means that if we allow this green grocery monopoly to prevail, this could have huge implications for the types of vegies and fruit available in this country, as those few growers will have huge control over the seeds that are chosen and essentially over what we eat.

Broad acre farming is already a worrying thing, but this means bio-diversity is at stake here (pardon the pun .. garden stake!).
Let's remember the smaller grocers, and avoid doing alll our grocery shopping from the larger stores. What I personally do is mix it up. I don't doubt that there are some products you can only get from supermarkets!