Local Food Production Expected To Drop To 6% By 2030s

Farmers on the city’s fringes provide Sydney-siders with 20% of their fresh food produce, but that number is expected to fall to just 6% over the next 15 years. Researchers believe out of control urban sprawl is to blame.

2SER producer Laura Fitchett spoke to Laura Wynne a Senior Research Consultant from UTS’s Institute For Sustainable Futures about the impact this will have.