A food system that is good for people and nature is possible and the big supermarkets must help to create it.
If you share our vision for a thriving, sustainable Australian agriculture industry which nurtures landscapes, supports, communities, and rewards farmers, please add your name to this simple ask of Woolworths and Coles:
We love this country. Our unique landscapes and wildlife are like nowhere else on earth. Australian nature is part of our identity and culture. We rely on it for clean air and water, for food, and our economy. But Australia's food system is failing nature.
The forests, wetlands, and rivers we love and depend on are being destroyed at a dangerous rate. The way we grow our food is a major cause of this nature destruction. Every year hundreds of thousands of hectares of habitat for animals like the koala and gang-gang cockatoo are bulldozed to make room to produce more beef. Much of it will end up in a supermarket fridge.
We should be able to walk into a Woolworths or Coles to pick up food for our families and know that it is not linked to the bulldozing of our wildlife’s homes. Currently we cannot. But you can change that.
We call on Woolworths and Coles to commit to selling only deforestation-free beef, stop the destruction of ecosystems, and support farmers that are producing food while protecting and restoring nature on their land.
Nature needs us now. It needs you now.
Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of beef is sold in our supermarkets each year – if Woolworths and Coles stopped allowing deforestation and nature destruction in their supply chains, they would change the rate of Australian bulldozing overnight.
Add your name today. We need to show both supermarkets that the community wants to see them act immediately to put a stop to the destruction of more precious native habitat.
Header photo: Carl and Andrew Young in the field on their farm, Redgold near Mildura. Photo: David Sickerdick.
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Act now to put a stop to the destruction of more precious native habitat through deforestation.
We have many areas already cleared in this country for agriculture and pastoralism. It is now highly damaging and immoral for further land clearing to take place, even for food production.
Impacts on wildlife, especially threatened species and climate damage are all too much of a risk now.
As a major player you have a responsibility to act in good faith here and show genuine leadership to shape a better future for all of us.
Please market only deforestation-free beef and produce, it will be a win-win for all of us.
Thank you,
Kerry Trapnell
Every year hundreds of thousands of hectares of habitat for animals like the koala and gang-gang cockatoo are bulldozed to make room to produce more beef. Much of it will end up in a supermarket fridge.
Please sell only deforestation-free beef, stop the destruction of ecosystems, and support farmers that are producing food while protecting and restoring nature on their land.
Care for our wildlife and their forests homes.
Protect our unique and precious environment.
Promote sustainable agriculture.
Commit to selling only deforestation-free goods.
Please listen to your conscience.
Too much destruction of our natural resources is allowed by our government. It’s about time for destruction of our natural resources is banned
Come on supermarkets, get on board protecting our bush..it will send a positive message to other businesses.
Let’s restore rather than destroy!
Protect our food system for all our creatures!
You have the money.
Be an example
To all Australian businesses, we support you through purchasing your products.
It is your responsibility to support us by sourcing products which are environmentally sustainable.
Yep, stating what should be the obvious.
Stop ALL destruction of native habitats.
I am not shopping at these supermarkets unless there is evidence of a greater social and environmental responsibility.