Landcare in Focus May 2014 Edition

1 ● ● ● ● Landcare In Focus 15th May 2014 ~ www.landcareonline.com.au A FTER a successful quarter-century, the two organisations that formed a partnership that gave rise to Landcare nationally agree the next 25 years are about broadening and strengthening... More

1 ● ● ● ● Landcare In Focus 15th May 2014 ~ www.landcareonline.com.au A FTER a successful quarter-century, the two organisations that formed a partnership that gave rise to Landcare nationally agree the next 25 years are about broadening and strengthening Landcare’s connections. For National Farmers’ Federation president Brent Finlay, Landcare has created “a rich vein to follow” in linking farming issues to an awakening urban awareness of the challenges around producing food. “People in the cities are prepared to contribute to issues around managing land,” Mr Finlay said. “Landcare has done so much around education, and it can do a lot more in this area. “It’s a vehicle for informing communities, not just farmers, about the environment that surrounds those communities and the places we live in. “Farmers deal with the environment every working day, and any increased understanding of what we do on our farms – awareness of biodiversity, water quality, health of our soils – is largely than Less