Sustainable farming

Farmers produce almost 93% of food consumed by Australians each day.  This is a mammoth job that employs 1.6million people which is 17.2% of the labour force.

To feed Sydney each day farmers produce;

·         303,726 kg of pork

·         8,664,032 fruits and vegies

·         472,603 kg of chicken

·         822,959 eggs

·         5,899 lambs

·         3,115 cows

·         1,817,315 kg of dairy

·         31,543 loaves of bread

·         8,191,780,822 grains of rice, using about 387,616 L of water to cook

·         12,603kgs of honey

Farmers in Australia are continually improving the way they farm to build more sustainable practices.  Farmers look after waterways by building fences, planting trees and not allowing effluent to run off into their farms.

Farmers use solar and wind power as an alternative energy source.  Dairy  foods are mostly packaged in recycled packaging.

You can help to build a sustainable nation by adopting a more sustainable lifestyle.  Changing some of your habits will have a great impact on the environment.  You can help by;

Recycling all products that are able to be recycled

Saving water, by having shorter showers and fixing leaking taps.
Reducing the amount of food wastage (please see our previous post on reducing food waste)
Supporting LOCAL Farmers by purchasing Australian grown produce.  You can support Australian Dairy Farmers by buying Paul’s milk such as Pauls ‘Smarter White Milk’ and Vaalia yogurt.