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ACRES AUSTRALIA Vol 16 No 1
Published April 30, 2008
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CONTENTS:
1-4 NEWS
GM Taint to trigger global backlash.
4 EDITORIAL
Contaminating our future.
5-7 PERMACULTURE
NASAA growers, Annemarie & Graham Brookman at The Food Forest, Gawler , South Australia .
8 CONSERVATION
Wildlife Land Trust Australia established.
9-12 GM TECHNOLOGY
Hugh Lovel, author and biodynamic farmer & teacher, discusses modern agriculture and GMOs.
12 FUTURE PERSPECTIVE
Julian Cribb, adjunct Professor of Science Communication at the University of Technology , Sydney , NSW discusses how the farmer of the 21st century may be the person who rescues civilization.
13 NEWS
Journalist Wendy O’Hanlon talks to major Australian supermarkets on GM produce and labelling.
14-15 BIOFACH 2008
OFA Chairman Andre Leu reports on BioFach 2008, held at Nuremberg , Germany earlier this year.
16-17 MARKETING
Australian organic supermarket chain, Macro Wholefoods Markets, expands.
18 ENVIRONMENT
Birdlife International criticises the EC’s draft proposal for CAP (Common Agricultural Policy)
19-20 HERB FARMING
Tim Marshall reports on Roseneath Herb Farm, in South Australia .
21-24 FOOD FOR THE FUTURE
Michael Plane, of Allsun Farm, presents distinguished scientist and author, Colin Tudge’s view on Enlightened Agriculture
25 BIOLOGICAL FARMING
Nuffield Scholar and Northern Territory fruit & vegetable grower, Jonathan Shaw, researches biological farming on a global study tour
28-29 LIVESTOCK
New South Wales woolgrowers transition to organic, Tim Marshall reports.
30-32 ORGANIC FARMING HISTORY
NASAA and organic agriculture in Australia - Dr Els Wynen and Ms Sandy Fritz
33-35 ENTERPRISE
Tim Marshall reports on David and Heidi Setchell’s progress with composting at Kaloranoo , South Australia .
36-38 INTERNATIONAL ORGANICS
John Paull presents International Olympiad 2007, Perspectives on The Global State of Organic Agriculture [Agri-Food X1V, The University of Queensland, Brisbane , Queensland ].
39-41 INDUSTRY NEWS
OFA, BAA, BFA and NASAA industry columns
41 NEWS BRIEFS
Rolex awards, Trade shows, Organic benefits proved
42-44 SOIL HEALTH
Profitablity without petro-chemicals - Graeme Sait. PART 2
44 IN BRIEF
Bees the new silkworms
45-49 BOOKSHOP
Acres Mail Order Catalogue
50 IN BRIEF
Hugh Lovel reviews the book: Lost Secrets of the Sacred Ark
Organic Food Chain hosts Drought Relief Day for farmers in Queensland .
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