Australia’s Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) ‘deserves ‘valid criticism from farmers as their main aim is to increase corporate profits from farmers, not for farmers’. Cartoons for the campaign to question the GRDC model by the Network of Concerned Farmers.
Cleanskin sheep are ideal easy-care meat sheep for new farmers. A new website provides basic information about keeping these wool-less breeds of sheep. To visit Cleanskin Sheep Information click here.
In a world where, although it appears economical to jet Canadian pork around the world to Australia, for example, there is a growing movement for promoting – and celebrating – local produce; the sharing of this sort of information is valuable.
And it is about all food, not only meat, of course.
The website also gives an opportunity for cartoons to help highlight some of the issues – and give sheep a voice.
Simon Kneebone - cartoonist and illustrator 