“As a matter of fact, two-thirds of Australia's food relies upon bee pollination.”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mr Costa's claim is overstated. Experts told Fact Check that crops reliant on bee pollination represented closer to 35 per cent (about one-third) of total food production. They said that although around 75 per cent of all crops get some benefit from pollination by bees, this was not simply a case of "all or nothing". Rather, the pollination by bee species provided varying degrees of benefit. Although honey bees and other bee species are an integral part of the pollination process for Australi...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Robert Costa (Vegetable magnate) made this claim. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 15 October 2018. Its rating was “Overstated”.
This check was done by RMIT ABC Fact Check, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.