Greg Hunt approves disastrous Shenhua coal mine

9 Jul 2015 | The Abbott Government has confounded financial and environmental experts and betrayed the farmers ...  

Are free range eggs a con?

19 Jun 2015 | Recent research shows that Australians are buying millions of 'free-range' eggs that aren't what ...  

'Ag-gag' laws expose Coalition's freedom of speech hypocrisy

25 May 2015 | New laws proposing to fine and/or gaol animal welfare activists for exposing animal cruelty shows ...  

To make a living, we must wreck our home?

14 May 2015 | Across the country, our prime farmland and future food and water security is under assault from ...  

Coles, Woolworths, slavery and the global free market outsourcing racket

6 May 2015 | Four Corners this week showed Coles and Woolworths involved in Australia, through outsourcing, in ...  

New report debunks "myth" that GMOs are key to feeding world

3 Apr 2015 | A new study upholds value of traditional methods 'shown to actually increase food supplies and ...  

Global water woes: Australia's looming water crisis

28 Mar 2015 | With the world facing a 40% water shortfall by 2030 threatening Australia's food and water secu ...  

How IA exposed Santos' sneaky CSG con

21 Mar 2015 | If it wasn't for an Independent Australia's investigation by deputy editor Sandi Keane, CSG miner ...  

STUDY: Climate change helped trigger Syrian war

4 Mar 2015 | Researchers say climate change probably caused the savage drought that affected Syria nearly a ...  

Respect for farmers and a fair price for food

1 Dec 2014 | We are awestruck by writers, politicians and B-grade celebrities, writes Sophie Love, yet farmers ...  

Australia’s food security — much more important than trade pacts

9 Apr 2014 | With climate change biting, food security is becoming a vital issue for Australia's future, to ...  

Single stomachs help cut carbon emissions

3 Jan 2014 | Cutting greenhouse gas emissions from livestock involves much more than simply reducing meat-ea ...  

The humble gardener’s revolution

1 Dec 2013 | Instead of trying to control nature, how about a system of farming that works with nature? Dr ...  

Occupy 2.0

22 Sep 2013 | Two years after the Occupy Movement kicked off, a new peaceful protest movement has arisen in its ...  

Victorian Government ignores Gippsland gasfield concerns

7 Aug 2013 | Victoria's Gippsland region is the latest flashpoint in the pitched battle to save Australia’s ...  

What about our smaller farmers Minister Fitzgibbon?

22 Jul 2013 | The Asian Century Whitepaper speaks about opportunities for Australian agriculture, Dr Nick Rose ...  

Land grabs — the new global oil and gold rush

14 Jul 2013 | Deputy editor and environment editor, Sandi Keane, takes a look at what is driving global specu ...  

Is Monsanto killing our bees?

28 May 2013 | Many thousands of people gathered in 436 cities around the world on the weekend to protest against ...