In the past 60 years, the total number of farms across Australia has plummeted by a staggering 50 per cent. Long considered the backbone of agriculture and the lifeblood of local communities, family farms of all sizes are disappearing. This seismic shift is creating a fault line across Australia and small family farms are at the epicentre. “Go big or go home” seems to be the mantra. To meet that demand, the pressure is on farms to consolidate, become larger and more industrialised. In Fightback Farmers: Feeding Australia Together we meet resilient dairy farmers in Victoria’s Alpine region trying to come back from the brink of financial disaster following the collapse of Australia’s largest dairy processor, brave lobster fishermen on South Australia’s Limestone Coast going global in the wake of a devastating trade crisis and the corporatisation of the industry and the Victorian country town and its co-operative who through innovation and resilience survived to build back better in the wake of an industry collapse.Īs the hunger to feed and clothe Australia and millions around the world intensifies, our farming nation faces a great challenge. It’s time to meet some of the brave Australian farmers and fishers fighting to turn the tide and save their farms, protect their local communities, and preserve a way of life.Īs we discover, it’s not an easy journey for our farmers struggling to find their feet in the new co-operatives. Farmers and fishers are banding together in a modern take on an old way of working together – the co-operative.
Long cherished as the backbone of a nation and the heart of local communities, over time Australia’s family farms have been disappearing.
The story of small Australian family farmers and fishers facing the challenge of a lifetime. Fightback Farmers: Feeding Australia Together is a new ABC documentary featuring local heroes showing why co-operative farming could be a solution for modern agriculture and its communities.
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