Farming Kangaroos
If you look at agriculture in Australia today, it looks pretty much like agriculture anywhere else. Cattle and sheep are kept in herds. Wheat is planted in the fields. But Dr. Michael Archer, the Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of New South Wales, wants to change all that. He's arguing that the best way to sustain agriculture in Australia is to turn to native plants and animals as food sources; for example, ranching kangaroos, or growing gum trees. He's even suggesting that Australians trade their cats and dogs for native animals as pets.
Listen here http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/archives/06-07/apr21.html
If you look at agriculture in Australia today, it looks pretty much like agriculture anywhere else. Cattle and sheep are kept in herds. Wheat is planted in the fields. But Dr. Michael Archer, the Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of New South Wales, wants to change all that. He's arguing that the best way to sustain agriculture in Australia is to turn to native plants and animals as food sources; for example, ranching kangaroos, or growing gum trees. He's even suggesting that Australians trade their cats and dogs for native animals as pets.
Listen here http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/archives/06-07/apr21.html
