Australia's city-dominated population and policy makers are out of touch with the land, putting at risk the food supply and a $40 billion export industry.
So says the National Farmers Federation (NFF), which is taking matters into its own hands to develop a blueprint for agriculture that will consider all issues affecting Australian farmers.
NFF president Jock Laurie says one of the concerns of farmers is that urban Australia appears to be losingits connection to the agriculture and that consumers are becoming `agriculturally illiterate'.
"A problem is this very clear division between agriculture and the big cities," Mr Laurie said.
AAP
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