Farmers are traditionally a politically conservative group. Perhaps that is partly because they operate in such a volatile environment. However, the same factors that make farmers vulnerable to the elements is driving them to take action on climate change in the absence of leadership from the federal or state governments. The conversation around climate change in rural communities has not always been open, but that is changing. The shift was evident last year when the President of the National Farmers Federation Fiona Simson told the National Press Club that “tiptoeing” around the issue of climate change was not helping farmers or rural communities, and called for action.
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| Farmers are traditionally a politically conservative group. |
The conversation is now shifting with the undeniable changes in weather patterns. Even though there are rural and regional Australians who appear to reject climate science, research has shown that they may be rejecting the label ‘climate change’, while still acknowledging its existence on the farm by recognising and seeking to respond to the changing weather patterns they are facing.
Read the story from Foreground by Cat McGuaran - “The farmers fighting climate change.”
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