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Vegetable patch thieves strike as some blame rising grocery costs of fresh fruit and veg

Every year Sally* grows two varieties of potatoes for herself and a single mother who struggles with day-to-day expenses, particularly since the cost of fresh fruit and vegetables has soared. 

But the retiree was disheartened when she discovered between 10 to 12 kilograms of potatoes had been ripped from her garden at her home at Mornington in southern Tasmania.

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