“I've obviously come from a health background. I was a doctor before I became a pollie and one of the things I'd like to do is to really build on the world-class health system we've got. I'm passionate about climate change because it's also a health issue. Things like extreme weather impact on people's health, the ability of our hospitals to cope, the impact on mental health, on farmers in regional areas - they're all serious health concerns.” PeopleWorldAbilityClassIssuesSeriousAreasConcernDoctorsImpactMental HealthClimateClimate ChangePassionateExtremesBackgroundsWeatherHospitalsFarmersWorld ClassHealth IssuesHealth SystemExtreme Weather Author:Richard Di Natale
“There is a very strong deal for our farmers to start with. So from the export of farming, which is being looked at to make up some of the lost ground from the resources boom, to just about every area.” LostStrongDealsResourcesAreasFarmersVery StrongFarming Author:Andrew Robb
“There's also a growing trend toward having gardens in schools to literally show kids where food comes from by having them grow and prepare their own food. There's also a movement that's bringing farmers into schools and creating relationships between local farms and local cafeterias, so that instead of frozen mystery meat, you have fresh produce that's coming from the area that has a name and a face associated with it.” ShowsKidsSchoolFacesNamesGrowsGrowingMysteryMovementProduceCreatingAreasGardenLocalsMeatTrendsFarmsFarmersFrozenCafeteria Author:Eric Schlosser
“Syria is on the back end of basically a decade-long drought. Over the last decade, farmers and herders have been ravaged in Syria forcing them to give up and move to urban areas. This has put a huge strain on urban resources, and it's surely one of the reasons for the uprising there.” GivingLongHas BeensEndsReasonLastsMovingHugeGiving UpResourcesAreasDecadesFarmersSyriaUrbanStrainDroughtUprisingUrban Areas Author:Thomas Friedman
“Prosperous farmers mean more employment, more prosperity for the workers and the business men of every industrial area in the whole country.” MenMeanCountryWholeAreasWorkersProsperityEmploymentFarmersProsperousBusiness ManProsperous Country Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt