Despite advances in technology and infrastructure, transport supply chains have begun to face new challenges in getting groceries to consumers.
Most states produce fresh produce to meet the basic needs of their consumers. In order to give consumers broader choice, produce brought in from other states is often transported by trucks.
Ms Jackson said additional costs incurred by having to find ways of bringing in food to places dealing with natural disasters would inevitably reach consumers. She said such projects would usually be funded by state or federal governments, with private companies coming in once they were built and they could be made available for use as required.
"Freight drivers, sea, rail and air - you need all four modes in this country working as a symphony, not a cacophony. And the problem is government policy is mode specific," he said.
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