The economic consequences of no longer being self-sufficient in porridge.
That's the title and the subject is the old Creamoata factory at Gore.
The newest blog on the block HowDaft, describes the process by which the business of making porridge was lost to Southland and how we are the losers for ... losing it. It's a pretty interesting view and one that answers questions I've had, driving into Gore and looking up at Sergeant Dan marching purposely across the wall of the old Creamota factory. I'd always wondered what happened to him and his porridge making workers, the business and the farmers who must have supplied the factory back in the days it was working.
Now I know.
