Agriculture
Has food security been lost in the maize?
The Crawford Fund believes governments must foster private investment in food security, ensuring world supply meets the ever burgeoning demand.......
Farmers and Government united in the climate crusade
A new inquiry has been launched today to find out what Australian farmers need from the government to help them......
Climate friendly farming “bizarre”!
As the debate over an Emissions Trading Scheme continues to dominate politics in Canberra a new proposal for more climate-friendly......
Agricultural Hardships in Papua New Guinea
Women who work in the agricultural industry in Papua New Guinea are facing particularly difficult times and hardships. Maria Linibi,......
Canneries cause an uproar
A big business and government plan to fence off 200 Hectares of land as an industrial zone for 10 fish......
Battling climate change through alternative farming
Australia-wide public hearings are currently being held into alternative farming practices, in the face of climate change....
From Globalisation to Localisation – The Rise of Farmers Markets in Australia
Do you know where your food comes from? In times of globalisation when everything seems to come from a far......
Roos vs Sheep
A new study has found kangaroos have far less of an impact on the environment as once thought, and a......
Tasmanian pesticide too toxic for EU
Two prominent environmental pesticide experts and a doctor have met with Tasmanian officials this week to put forward separate case......
Sowing the seeds of doubt
For over 10, 000 years farmers have been carefully harvesting the seed from their crop, and storing it to be......