Year 9 HASS
Dairy
General Information
Major problems facing food production
BUSH FIRES
Packam, C. (2020, January 6). Australian fires hit key dairy regions, adding to woes from drought. Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-bushfires-dairy/australian-fires-hit-key-dairy-regions-adding-to-woes-from-drought-idUSKBN1Z50AG
Pengilley, V. (2020, January 6). Concern bushfires will have a lasting impact on Australia’s dairy industry [Audio podcast]. https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/am/concern-bushfires-lasting-impact-australia-dairy-industry/11843210
DROUGHT
Dairy Australia. (2019). How does drought affect farmers? https://www.dairy.com.au/dairy-matters/you-ask-we-answer/how-does-drought-affect-farmers
Lee, T. (2019, October 6). Drought-stricken dairy farmers watch the river run by, unable to access it. ABC News. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-06/dairy-farmers-leaving-industry-due-to-lack-of-access-to-water/11564562
Plastow, K. (2019, May 23). Dairy industry takes further hit as drought conditions become ‘new norm’. The New Daily. https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/finance-news/2019/05/23/dairy-farmers-drought-fonterra/
Sustainable solutions
BUSH FIRES
Keenan, R. (2020). There’s only one way to make bushfire less powerful: take out the stuff that burns. https://theconversation.com/theres-only-one-way-to-make-bushfires-less-powerful-take-out-the-stuff-that-burns-129323
Vigilante, T., & Thornton, R. (2017). Bushfires 2: managing landscapes. https://www.science.org.au/curious/earth-environment/bushfires-managing-landscapes
DEMAND
Coming Soon.
References
Dairy industry [Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.theland.com.au/story/5026813/industry-wants-healthy-future/
Last updated 17 March 2020