One of the common arguments against ‘urban sprawl’ is that it endangers Australia’s food bowl – the food producing farms that sit beyond the urban fringe of our major cities.
In recent times we have witnessed alarmist reports from various bodies, such as the University of Technology Sydney, warning that Sydney risks losing 90% of its its current fresh vegetable production as development encroaches on farmland. A similar study in Melbourne found the city’s food bowl could plummet from meeting 41% of Melburnians’ food demand to 20%.
