About the episode
We’ll take a look at what that is now the most economically costly animal disease outbreak in US history, the H5N1 strain of bird flu which didn’t just result in the death of hundreds of millions of birds, but also that spread to dairy herds in 17 states. The future of producing low carbon fuels from crops such as canola has received a huge boost, with the Federal Government committing a $1 billion for a Cleaner Fuels Program. The largest free range duck farm in Victoria, Great Ocean Ducks. The big banks are offering discounted loans for farmers wanting to go down the sustainable agriculture path. Farmers rate climate change as their number one concern, according to a survey by Farmers for Climate action.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
