American woman Rady Ananda runs an interesting website dedicated to discussion of food production issues, called ‘Food Freedom’. The site focuses on discussion relating to food safety, ‘food freedom’ (the right to choose one’s own food and farmer) and trade agreement issues. Rady draws attention to under-reported issues and controversial, thought-provoking topics. A classic example of an […]
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Food Freedom Blog
June 6th, 2011Australian Food Security & foreign investment
October 14th, 2010After air and water, food is the most vital necessity for human beings. So only complete fools would ignore any threat to the future provision of quantity and quality food. Yet here we are, more than 20 million of us, virtually ignoring what is happening under our very noses. Why? Presumably because the average Australian […]
Wrotham Park Station under contract to CPC
August 15th, 2009Unofficial reports say that as of this week, Wrotham Park Station is under a sale contract to Terra Firma/Ken Warriner owned Consolidated Pastoral Company; 2 month settlement period.
IFFCO – the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Co-Operative’s purchase of Australian phosphate
June 22nd, 2009Lady Annie Mine is located in the Gulf country north of Mt Isa (north-west Qld). The copper mine was owned by CopperCo, which went into receiverhsip. A few days ago the May 2009 sale was finalised, to Western Australian-based Cape Lambert Iron Ore. The actual Lady Annie Copper Mine has not yet been on-sold by […]
AACo, IFFCo and Felda
June 21st, 2009So much for wishing for a peaceful future after the recent AACo board upheaval. Does the drama ever end? And should Australians be concerned? Australia is the largest exporter of red meat in the world and the largest exporter of beef, in value terms. (Second, in volume terms, to Brazil.) Increasing world food shortages are […]
Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB)
February 12th, 2009The Australian Federal Government keeps an eye on what is being bought up by overseas interests – in particular urban and rural land sales, and investment into Australian-owned businesses – via the Foreign Investment Review Board. The FIRB examines prospective overseas purchases which are above certain percentages in value – considering whether the sale is […]
Consolidated Pastoral Company sale
December 31st, 2008Apparently Consolidated Pastoral Company, the pastoral company (90% owned by Consolidated Press) built up by Kerry Packer since the initial purchase of Newcastle Waters station in 1983, is on the market for $425 million. James Packer and family wouldn’t sell the jewel in the crown, Ellerston, in a fit, however its not yet known which […]