Food is the new oil. Land is the new gold.

One of the UN’s and Oxfam’s expert sources is Lester Brown an environmental analyst and president of the Earth Policy Institute in Washington.

Brown writes in his new book Full Planet Empty Plates:

In this era of tightening world food supplies the ability to grow food is fast becoming a new form of geopolitical leverage. Food is the new oil. Land is the new gold.

The Federal Government’s white paper Australia in the Asian Century predicts food exports to Asia will be 70 per cent higher by 2050 from 2007 levels due to demand.

The Government’s [url=http://www.daff.gov.au/nationalfoodplan/process-to-develop/green-paper]National Food Plan Green Paper[/url] is now being developed to foster ‘…a sustainable globally competitive resilient food supply.’

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