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Sydney Markets supplies a third of population

During the busiest week of the year, Sydney Markets is turning over millions of dollars worth of Australian fruit and vegetables in time for Christmas. 500 trucks arrive from farms around Australia overnight, the produce is traded and delivered to stores within days of being harvested.

It's an anxious time for growers, as they cope with untimely storms or drought, but it's no less demanding on the wholesalers.

Colin Gray, chief executive of the Chamber of Fruit and Vegetable Industries, says the 5,000 workers and 850 forklift truck drivers have been working flat out since early in the morning, unloading 500 B-double trucks.

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