John Anderson is the former leader of the National Party, Deputy Prime Minister and Federal Minister for Primary Industries and Energy. He’s retiring at the coming election to go back to the farm. As Deputy Prime Minister in 2004 he was one of the first significant politicians globally to acknowledge peak oil. He’s [...]

This article via The Age:
Slice food bill, avoid drought: grow vegiesLucinda Ormonde, John Elder in The AgeSeptember 23, 2007
RIP out your camellias and plant carrots instead.
That’s the advice of the Australian Vegetable and Potato Growers Association, which says growing your own vegetables could help combat rising food prices and a potential shortage of fresh [...]