Why You Should Give a F*ck About Farming
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Gabrielle Chan
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Gabrielle Chan
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There is no farmers and others. If you eat or wear clothes, the decisions you make influence farming.
‘Eaters will be the ultimate arbiter of where and how food is grown and how the land is cared for … We all have a stake in the future of food and farming. I am going to show you why.’
Farming sits at the intersection of the world’s biggest challenges around climate change, soil, water, energy, natural disasters and zoonotic diseases. Yet Australia has no national food policy. No national agriculture strategy. Our water policy is close to the Hunger Games. People with means can shop at farmers’ markets and order brunch, by the provenance of their eggs, bacon, butter, tomatoes and greens. But do they really understand the trade-offs required to grow it?
In this book Gabrielle Chan examines the past, present and future of farming with her characteristically forensic eye. She lays out how our nation, its leaders, farmers and eaters can usher in new ways for us to work and live on our unique and precious land. We must forge a new social contract if we are to grow healthy food on a thriving landscape, while mitigating climate and biodiversity loss.
This important book will change your thinking about food, farming and how you eat.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-09-2021
Irksome title, excellent book
Journalistic companion to Massey’s Call of the Reed Warbler. Refreshingly sober look at the big picture of Australian farming and policy. Hard-headed, unbiased, none of the zealotry you find in eg many regenerative ag books. Shame her former books haven’t made it onto audible yet. Even recommended it to my climate-denying farmer granfather
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- D. Hopkins
- 11-02-2022
Must read (listen) for all who think of our future
A mass of information - some which I knew and much that I didn’t. Being a new farmer, I worry for our future land, environment and healthy food. Gabrielle raises many issues that we should all be aware of. Highly recommend this resource.
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- Nina O'Brien
- 03-10-2021
Brilliant!
A vast journey across many of the facets that impact the way we farm and eat.
It’s made a lot of things make sense that I’ve always wondered about.
Great work Gabrielle Chan! Such a great voice for regional Australia.
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- Anonymous User
- 18-01-2022
Depth, breadth and down to earth.
Cant overstate how interesting this book was for a look into the multifasceted issues plaguing Australian farming - political, economic, social, ecological, the works! Current, specific, funny and warm. I want to recommend this book to everyone.
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- Ian Gray
- 09-10-2021
An Enlightening Read
As someone who grew up on a farm as a kid I've always remained interested in agriculture. This is a well researched and narrated book on the many challenges and opportunities including on addressing climate change facing the rural sector. This should be a must read for all politicians.
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- Kate
- 30-04-2022
Essential reading
Everyone should read this book, in particular all politicians of all colours and jurisdictions. This book is essential reading for city dwellers and country dwellers alike. Congratulations Gabrielle Chan for pulling together the multiple threads of farming, food, eating and living on this planet.
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- rachel power
- 02-11-2021
Are you Australian? Do you eat?
This brilliantly researched exploration is a must read for all Australians who are concerned about food security, and the role agriculture could play in drawing down carbon from the atmosphere. It’s a fervent call for more spotlights to be turned on to the industry, more research, and more government intervention, in the interest of sustaining the sector into the future. Please read it, as a civic duty.
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- Neil Mitchelhill
- 02-07-2022
Must read
Recommended by work colleagues I am a better person for having read this book, everyone in Australia needs to read this book. Ignorance is not an excuse
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