Our current Australian anti-farmer policies coupled with a population that grows by 1 person net each 1.3 seconds will lead us to a point within 40 years where we will be a net importer of food. As the world population grows by another 2.3 billion people, food in Australia will indeed become a scarce resource.
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G’day I’m Steve Truman editor and founder of Agmates – Australia’s largest online rural & regional community.
The name chosen by Crikey for this Enviro blog is ironic in that is exactly what Rural and Regional Australia will be under the Rudd Governments Emissions Trading Scheme.
Ross Garnaut said as much yesterday in his final report.
“Regional communities [...]
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