Hawkesbury. Food production conference

Speakers from the farming, food distribution and retail industries will join experts in sustainable agriculture for a close examination of the Sydney agricultural landscape, at conference, at the University of Western Sydney's Hawkesbury campus, on September 24. Professor Phillip O'Neill, director, of the UWS Urban Research Centre, said Sydney would provide an excellent case study. "There's an urgent need to balance the demands of new land releases for housing with the need to maintain a permanent supply of suitable land for food production," he said. Other speakers include Professor Bill Bellotti, Vincent Fairfax Chair in Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development at UWS; Tristan Harris, Harris Farm Markets; Chris Davis, Commissioner of the National Water Commission; Andrew Hall, Director, Corporate and Public Affairs, Woolworths Ltd, and John Webster, Chief Executive Officer, Foodbank Australia