At a recent SFFA event I was shocked to hear that other countries are interested in buying land in Australia with the sole purpose of farming food to then export to their own country and people!
This would be because of sparse farming land available in the interested country. Not necessarily because of soil infertility or some other environmental reason, but because the land has been used for other purposes.
Perhaps it would be a good idea to use this example (and make Australians a little more land protective along the way) to create public awareness on current land use issues, and make an example out of this worst case scenario.
Who needs a McMansion (oversized family home in a showhome stepford style of suburb) when there are no people to live in it because there is no food to feed them!?
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