A well written quote appeared in yesterday’s Townsville Bulletin Newspaper ‘Youth in Print’ section: “Monoculture is virtually the opposite of biodiversity. Monocultures occur where a single species is grown – usually for commercial purposes – such as sugar cane or pine forests. Soil decline with subsequent commercial yield reduction is associated with monocultural systems and […]
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March 6th, 2013Meat Free Monday Propaganda
December 29th, 2012Do you know who is associated with the latest push to ‘reduce’ Australian meat eating – ‘Do Something’/ Foodwise ‘Meat Free Mondays’? No? The funny thing is I doubt the high-profile Australians supporting it really do either. Or if they do know it’s Animals Australia who are driving the campaign, they’re blind to the dark […]
Foreign ownership of Australian rural land
September 10th, 2012Anyone with an interest in the foreign ownership debate may like to visit Monica Attard’s article on The Hoopla called ‘Quick Facts. Selling the farm?’ and put their two bob’s worth in by adding a comment. Unfortunately there seems to be next-to-no discussion on whether foreign land ownership is good for Australian farms in a […]
The Dark side of the Mining Industry – and Kevin Foley
August 15th, 2012Mining – in particular the proposed expansion of South Australia’s Olympic Uranium Mine, turning it into the world’s largest mine – is something all Australians should sit up, take notice of and voice their opinion on. Guest interviewer Ian Henschke, on ABC radio Adelaide, interviewed Paul Cleary, author of ‘Mine-field‘ – the ‘dark side of […]
Townsville Biosecurity Lab – scrapped
July 26th, 2012The risk of catastrophic quarantine breaches in northern Australia is far greater than ever before. This is directly due to increasing numbers of illegal arrivals by boat (not all of whom call for Navy Taxis) and the steady depopulation of Cape York Peninsula (pastoral families leaving due to increasing areas of National Parks and indigenous-owned […]
Sustainable fishing of tuna & other fish species
July 11th, 2012It has always puzzled me that there’s a substantial group in society persistently accusing farmers of environmental vandalism while virtually ignoring what is involved in providing the seafood they’re eating (a number of whom will be self described ‘vegetarians’; but that’s another discussion). A farmer sinks money into buying land, machinery, livestock and undertaking capital […]
‘LEAF’, Linking the Environment And Farming, England
June 15th, 2012‘LEAF’ is a registered charity in England which promotes public understanding of farming through all-year-round visits to demonstration farms and ‘Open Farm Sunday’; plus competitions, surveys etc; and promotion of ‘environmentally responsible farming’ via technical field days for farmers, with approved produce sporting the Leaf logo. On LEAF’S ‘ Open Farm Sunday’ website the latest […]
AACo Darwin Abattoir go ahead-North Australian Beef Ltd
May 30th, 2012Managing Director of the AACo, David Farley, has said that the AACo is now proceeding with plans to build an abattoir south of Darwin. The NT government has given approval for the project. The Darwin abattoir has already received support from the RSPCA because it provides producers with an option other than live export, and […]
Wongai Coal Mine, Princess Charlotte Bay, Cape York Peninsula
April 29th, 2012A few years ago I wrote an R.M. William’s Outback Magazine ‘station story’ on a beautiful cattle station – Lilyvale. Owned by the Shephard family for more than 80 years, it was the only cattle station that was a financially healthy pastoral business on the east coast of Cape York Peninsula. Lilyvale has a relatively […]
RMWAH’s purchase of Henbury Cattle Station, NT – on ABC Landline
March 23rd, 2012R.M. Williams Agricultural Holdings (RMWAH) ‘carbon farming’ plans for Henbury cattle Station will feature on ABC television’s Landline programme at noon this Sunday (25th March). Landline is repeated at 11.00 each Monday morning. Henbury is a cattle station located in the Alice Springs region of the Northern Territory, and was purchased last year by RMWAH with the help […]