Rural Planning Consultant. Specialising in Planning for Food. PhD Candidate at Western Sydney University exploring the impacts of development on the food system
@GregVann@RyanMcNeilly_@ProfAstellBurt@billiegc @ProfBarbaraN Totally agree mate. We can also grow food in our cities - backyard gardens to community gardens to roof top. We can also grow production agriculutre in greenhouses.
@JulieLBrook Sounds like you are having a good time. I put in a proposal to talk about planning & food security because it was in the list of topics but was not selected. Nothing in the program about it either!
I looked at this issue as part of the https://t.co/roM6n48zWk
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It's been portrayed as the solution for issues facing the bush but communities are frustrated, saying there is no accountability for when things go wrong. https://t.co/uAhhjsEdx1 via @smh
Queensland's coal seam gas industry still has a big salt problem. There was also an article in the SMH about this in 2009.
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Floodplains aren't separate to a river — they're an extension of it. It's time to change how we connect with them https://t.co/bgOfPvNOju via @ConversationEDU
Hawkesbury LGA is part of Sydney's Peri-Urban Area. I have recently completed a Rural Strategy for this LGA which highlights the importance of Peri-Urban Agriculture. #agriculture#PeriUrbanFood#PeriUrban#PeriUrbanAgricluture https://t.co/KTmlhvMUc3
I have done an interview for the Planning Institute of Austraila on the importance of peri-urban food in Australia. You can listen to it here https://t.co/GLrVZX90PY
Great initiative @afsnsw. It always bemuses me that when stating that farmers are big emitters, the media don’t acknowledge that farmers feed people too.
Farmers want net zero emissions, going further than Morrison government https://t.co/Kr6SwX2sUJ
This week on My Market Kitchen, @JemmaOHanlon pays a visit to @velishafarms to explore all the employment and leadership opportunities available in the Australian horticulture and vegetable industry. Tune in to Channel 10 this Monday at 3.30 pm to catch the episode.