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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Please save the endangered animal and bird species of South Australia.. this is not the very first really bad decision you have made.. including the main nesting sights of the spectacular bird up at Darwin!!
Prevent destruction of the little remaining habitat for our native species.
Dear Woolworths and Coles,
As leading retailers in Australia and beyond, you are in a unique and influential position to drive meaningful change. The hundreds of thousands of tonnes of beef sold annually in your supermarkets represent a significant part of the supply chain. By taking a stand against deforestation and environmental degradation within your supply chains, you have the power to significantly alter the current rates of habitat destruction in Australia.
We urge you to make a commitment to halt the destruction of our precious native habitats. By signing this petition, your customers are demanding immediate action to protect our land and resources.
Thank you for considering this crucial issue.
Sincerely,
Woolworths and Coles you already have the monopoly over the majority of your customers and we want to trust you…
Please rethink what devastation you cause if you keep going the way you are-hit headed and money greedy..
please value Australia, it’s land and the farmers..
please don’t destroy it… instead embrace the land, change your way of thinking, show the people how your power can be used for good… show us you support and care for Australia and the land and the people..
you have the power, you are so big… please use this power wisely,
With much appreciation and thankyou for listening,
Annabel Parker
Once it’s gone, it’s gone forever
Our lives depend on the land and eco systems. Protect them and stop all clearing and chemical pesticides. We know how to grow healthy- do it and yep take it on the chin with your bottom line.
To the Coles and Woolworths management community.
Yes, you are part of the community. Every community across Australia depends upon you to provide a business that respects the people and the land we live on. For the future.
Please do all you can to provide an environmentally sustainable business model that can be appreciated and supported by all.
Sincerely yours
Neville Laffy.
We can’t keep destroying forests and expect a comfortable climate and all that comes with the catastrophic global heating underway. Forests are critical now.