Gabrielle Chan - Why we should give a f*$#% about farming!

Recorded just days after the Federal election, Gabrielle Chan doesn't mince words - even when bone tired. A celebrated journalist with the Guardian, outspoken advocate for rural Australia and encourager of individual agency. "Our system has been made up buy people and it can be rewritten by people". Lets not wait for Government to bring change but get active and organised now during times of abundance.  Show Notes

Connecting the grass roots regen ag movements with top down politics

The need for change in our food, water, land management policies

“We export a lot of sausage sandwiches - beef and wheat”

Why it’s time to change the narrative around Australia's ag sector 

Why ‘level playing fields’ are a farce

The fragility of financial deregulations, long global supply chains increasing disease, increased drought - how do we as a sovereign nation reassure ourselves of continued prosperity

The potential for rural policy to create the framework that allows smaller scale and regen practices to thrive

The power of the colonial squatacracy

How do we bring policy reform to ag so it has relevance for smaller scale 7 regen practices to thrive

The potential of utilising the “voices for” movement as a model for local food to grow

Why we need to re-engage with politics 

The thing that only Govt does  is set the ground rules for how we conduct our business. 

People need to be involved in politics to influence its direction

The need for strategic water policy to better support us on the driest continent on earth

Talking about water, food and skills while we are in times of abundance

Where does the role of govt need to stop and allow room for community to pick up

The ongoing debate about why we do not yet have drought policy or food policy

Refine what you want to change  - get organised and get active in the arena from bottom up

The big secret - we are ALL MAKING IT UP

Her slow, gradual, accidental path to being a communicator.

Her writing approach - just keep writing, push through the creative barriers

The process of sitting down and ordering your thoughts results in a unique 

Connecting the systemic dots through political reporting

The history of farming and nature control

The Connectivity of farming to EVERYTHING ELSE

Ag and environment are different political portfolios - WTF

We cannot have an economy without an environment

The need for the economy the environment  + the desires of the humans involved in farming  to be interacting 

The need to account for ecological resources

Questions the fundamental systems

Finding optimism in the work done by others

Having faith in humanity

Connecting people to spark change References Acres and Acres in Corryong

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