What will Australian farmers be growing in 5- 10 years time? I watched Part 3 of Two Men in a Tinnie * on ABC TV last night. It’s about environmentalist Tim Flannery and TV personality John Doyle motoring down the Darling and Murray Rivers in a … [Read more...] about What will Australian Farmers Be Growing in 10 Years Time?
Food & Farming
Possibilities & Challenges for Biotechnology
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently released a report focused on the opportunities and challenges for biotechnology in the next decade: "WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 2006— Deputy Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner announced today … [Read more...] about Possibilities & Challenges for Biotechnology
Latest NSW Farmers Campaign: Get Off Our Backs
I have some sympathy for the farmers of Nyngan and Cobar in New South Wales and the newly formed Regional Community Survival Group in their struggle to manage invasive woody weeds. I have posted some information from this group, including a note on … [Read more...] about Latest NSW Farmers Campaign: Get Off Our Backs
Energy from Sandalwood: Aaron Edmonds
I recieved the following note from Aaron Edmonds, 2002 Nuffield Scholar and Farmer: "Agriculture has evolved to the assumption that oil and gas will always be cheap. Large amounts of energy are used in food production making agriculture the third … [Read more...] about Energy from Sandalwood: Aaron Edmonds
A Comment on ‘Food Shortages’ by Aaron Edmonds
Greg Bourne, CEO of WWF Australia, has predicted that we will run out of food in 40 years as we run out of water. Aaron Edmonds, a wheat farmer in Western Australia, elaborating on a recent prediction from Lester Brown, Earth Policy Institute, … [Read more...] about A Comment on ‘Food Shortages’ by Aaron Edmonds
Farmers Challenge Minister to Explain Tree Laws
A new group has formed in western New South Wales (Australia) out of frustration with the states vegetation management regulations. Vegetation management is code for restrictions on tree clearing, and trees tend to include what that the locals refer … [Read more...] about Farmers Challenge Minister to Explain Tree Laws