The leader of the Australian Greens says the conflict between farmers and miners will be on the top of her agenda when she visits the Darling Downs today.
Senator Christine Milne will visit a farm at Felton that is threatened by a proposed coal mine and then attend a public meeting about coal seam gas in Toowoomba.
Senator Milne says the future of food production on the Darling Downs is under pressure.
"We are facing a food security crisis globally in this century, we ought to [be] protecting agricultural land wherever we can to maximise our own production not only for domestic consumption but for export," she said.
ABC Southern Downs
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