Tag Archives: food security
Australia’s Priority To Save The Environment Not Food Production
In an article from international news agency Reuters yesterday the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization said: “The world will have to produce 70 percent more food by 2050 to… Read more
Water Buyback Killing Towns, Threatening Food Security
Federal Water Minister Penny Wong’s water buyback scheme is devastating drought ravaged rural Australia and threatening our national food security. From todays Sydney Telegraph. “Once-thriving rural communities are being devastated… Read more
To Survive Farmers Must Find One Voice
Agmates member Eye On The Outback writes: ***** This yarn in the SMH is a ripper and sums up the problems facing farmers very well when it comes to perceptions… Read more
Australia The Stupidest Nation On Earth #4 – I’m Feeling Like Winston Churchill
Agmates editor Steve Truman writes: I’m feeling like Winston Churchill must have felt when Neville Chamberlain was British PM and his and the governments policy of the day was to… Read more
Australia The Stupidest Nation On Earth # 3 – Who Cares If We Can’t feed Ourselves?
As a nation Australia on whole does not care if in a decade or so we won’t be able to feed ourselves. ‘Food Security’ is the last thing on the… Read more
Yes Australia Is Proving It’s The Studipest Nation On Earth #2
Agmates editor Steve Truman writes: A month ago to the day I wrote an article asking Is Australia The Stupidest Nation On Earth. Over the next 40 years Australia will… Read more
Is Australia The Stupidest Nation On Earth?
Agmates Editor Steve Truman writes: Over the next 40 years Australia will convert a staggering 84 million acres of productive food producing agricultural land into tree plantations to fight climate… Read more
Tackling The Global Farm Crisis.
Professor Julian Cribb writes: World food security, as Australian consumers and others are fast discovering, is at its lowest in half a century. The precipitous fall in world food stocks… Read more
Farmers concerned About GM Canola Contamination – Video of the day.
Australian farmers expressing their concerns about GM Canola Contamination. “We all thought this crop would not be going into the food system, but obviously it is,” says Australian farmer Juliet… Read more
Global Free Trade has Destroyed The Worlds Food Security
Three decades ago before world leaders including the Australian and New Zealand governments embraced global free trade most developing nations produced enough food to feed themselves. After three decades of… Read more
