Urban sprawl is threatening the food bowl

Thursday 25 February 2016

A group of academics from the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney have penned a post in The Conversation warning that urban sprawl is threatening the food bowls of both Sydney and Melbourne:

If we continue along the path we’re on, Sydney stands to lose more than 90% of its current fresh vegetable production. Total food production could drop by 60% and the city’s supply of food from within the basin could drop from 20% of total food demand to a mere 6%.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.