About this episode

Charlie Blomfield discusses the potential national food crisis in Australia due to geopolitical factors affecting fuel and fertiliser supply.

Are we sleepwalking into a national food crisis? A war in the Middle East, a global shipping bottleneck, blown-up fuel and LNG plants are contributing to a global fuel crisis. But beyond fuel, it's the effect on fertiliser supply that might shock Australians if the crisis isn't solved sometime soon. Farmer and social media star Charlie Blomfield joins Sylvia to talk about the massive geopolitical forces shifting the goalposts out in the bush. Plus, why the government’s latest headline-grabbing supply deals are just a "drop in the ocean". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Sylvia Jeffreys

Guest: Charlie Blomfield

Topics covered

• food crisis
• geopolitics
• fertiliser supply
• fuel crisis
• agriculture

Keywords

• food crisis
• fertiliser
• fuel crisis
• geopolitical forces
• agriculture
• Charlie Blomfield

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Organizations: 9Podcasts

Places: Middle East, Australia

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