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HEN Landcare was launched
in a small Victorian country
town in 1985, it was little
more than an idea.
But it sowed the seed for something
big – a movement that would not just
go nationwide but spread beyond
Australian borders.
It’s a story...
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W
HEN Landcare was launched
in a small Victorian country
town in 1985, it was little
more than an idea.
But it sowed the seed for something
big – a movement that would not just
go nationwide but spread beyond
Australian borders.
It’s a story Forbes farmer Philip
Bruem likes, not just because of what
Landcare stands for but because he’s
hoping to one day be able to relate a
similar success story about the
Australian Year of the Farmer
(AYOF).
It’s almost six years since Mr Bruem
found himself lamenting the growing
divide between city consumers and
agriculture with friend Geoff Bell,
now AYOF’s managing director.
Frustrated by the lack of appreciation of farmers’ contribution and
determined to do something about it,
they began exploring the potential
for an event that would highlight the
importance of agriculture.
That idea for an “event” turned into
a full year of events and a plan to have
2012 gazetted as “Australian year of
the farmer”.
“No formal application was
requir
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