Sydney Basin Production70% of the vegetable tonnage produced in NSW.

Agriculture in the Sydney region is valued at approx $1 billion

How much do we eat?How Average person eats (yearly)

How much we can produce per hectare per year

How much land we need (ha)

Vegies 162.0 kg 30 tonnes/ha 231120

fruits 135.0 kg 13.3 tonnes/ha 43443

Cereals 69.7 kg 14.2 tonnes/ha 21008

Rice 9kg 9.2 tonnes/ha 4186

Beef 38.1 kg 567 kg/ha 287597

Free range Poultry meat

37.4 kg 1710 kg/ha 93609

Free range eggs 137 750 eggs/ha 781813

Pig Meat 23.5 kg 1200 kg/ha 83816

Dairy 102.4 kg 500L milk /ha NA

Seafood 10.0 kg NA NA

1 546 592

The Sydney Metropolitan area covers 12 145 000 ha and has a population of 4.28 million people.

Food MilesThe Average Australian Basket of food has travelled over 70 000km from producer to consumer. (Anna Salleh 2007)

This distance means the energy consumed in food freight often outweighs the nutritional energy in the food itself (Australian Conservation Foundation 2009)

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170Kj1000Kj

Go Local!

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PermaculturePermaculture = Permanent agriculture

It is a self sustaining system which thinks about the productive landscape in terms of an ecology which considers relationships rather than individual elements

Zoningthere are 5 Permaculture zones which are differentiated by their usefulness. There are no clearly defined borders between the growing zones in a permaculture design zones need not be of a circular or any regular shape.

Sector PlanningSectors deal with the natural elements in your landscape: sun, light, wind, rain, fire and water flow

Windsor Permaculture System

Urban and Rural Markets

Education Campaign

Tourism Policy

Conversion of public & private Land

PermaUrban Network Staging• 2009: Public Awareness and Perception

Policy• 2009: Education Policy• 2011: Construction of the AgOrbital Light

Rail System• 2011: Urban permaculture conversions• 2012: Planting out zones Three and Four• 2013: Zone One and Two implementation• Mid 2013: Setup of Urban and Rural market system• 2020: Introducing more grazing animals to

zone Four

The PermaUrban Network is our future

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http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/productsbytitle/123FCDBF086C4DAACA2568A90013939A?OpenDocument • Agricultrual Bureau of South Australia (2008) Carbon Trading and the Agribusiness Sector. Available from

www.agbureau.com.au/general_infomation/carbon_trading_and_the_agribusiness_sector Advisery Board of South Australia

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• Australian Conservation Foundation (2009) Food Mile Facts. Available From: www.acfonline.org.au/articles/news.asp ACF• Anna Salleh (2007) Food Miles Can Mislead. Available from: www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2007/11/28/2103395 .

ABC Science• Board of Studies. (2007) Media Guide 2007. Available from:

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Fringe, Urban Frontiers Program UWS• Tagari Publications. What is permaculturue Design (2003) Available from: http://www.tagari.com/?page_id=20