FPJ1504B – Lush, D (2018), The right to farm versus the right to choose: society is having the final say, in Farm Policy Journal, vol. 15, no. 4, Summer 2018, pp. 4-11, Surry Hills, Australia
Summer 2018 - Farm Policy Journal: John Ralph Essay Competition 2018: Should society determine the right to farm?
Summer 2018 - Farm Policy Journal: John Ralph Essay Competition 2018: Should society determine the right to farm?
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Trust, or more accurately a general lack of trust, in government, business, media and NGOs continues to be a significant issue in 2018. Agriculture is not immune from this lack of trust and is exposed to significant change as a result. A non-trusting general population is enabling a political environment in which society is determining the right to farm. Farm practice and economic viability are already being challenged by social licence-driven regulatory change, as demonstrated by the imminent threat to live exports, changes to native vegetation and threatened species legislation and the focus on discontinuing the use of glyphosate for weed control.
FPJ1504C – Cawood, M (2018), Society giveth, and society taketh away. That’s how it should be., in Farm Policy Journal, vol. 15, no. 4, Summer 2018, pp. 12-18, Surry Hills, Australia.
FPJ1504D – Dumbrell, N (2018), To what extent should society determine the right to farm?, in Farm Policy Journal, vol. 15, no. 4, Summer 2018, pp. 19-26, Surry Hills, Australia.
FPJ1504E – Ogbe Chukwunonso Daniel (2018), Delimiting the right to farm through the instrumentality of the law, in Farm Policy Journal, vol. 15, no. 4, Summer 2018, pp. 27-30, Surry Hills, Australia.
FPJ1504F – Cuming, M (2018), Right to farm and its determination: the farming community’s responsibility, in Farm Policy Journal, vol. 15, no. 4, Summer 2018, pp. 31-37, Surry Hills, Australia.
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