Food security has
been discussed by those who gather Beneath the Wisteria and how it would be
impacted by climate change.
It was agreed, generally, that few of have any real comprehension
of what food security really means when our supermarkets are bulging with
foodstuffs from every corner of Australia, and the world.
It is indisputable that as climate change settles upon us,
food and its reliable availability will become foremost in our thinking.
A story in the Huffington Post headed: “Climate change threatens your dinner (but not if you live in Canada)”, help us understand a little
about the complications associated with our changing climate.
Coincidently, I have written a column for the Shepparton News (to be published on
Monday, October 28) also discussing food security, but from the point of view
of the additional complication of oil scarcity - http://www.mateology.blogspot.com.au/.
Interestingly, just today I have engaged the editor, Geoffrey
Adams, of the largest circulating weekly newspapers in the Goulburn Valley, Country News, in a conversation about
being somewhat more disciplined about publishing letters to the editor from
climate change deniers.
Geoffrey argued that was not a path he wished go down
indicating that he was most interested in balance rather than disallowing the
publication of certain letters.
He was alerted to the fact that the realities and urgencies of
climate change far exceeded the now aging and inappropriate good journalism
rules to which newspapers have long adhered.
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