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  1. Business and miners back Labor's migration policies, but farmers angry
    By Gareth Hutchens

    Business groups, miners, and the housing industry welcome the Albanese government's changes to the migration system, but farmers and the hospitality and tourism industries say they will make labour shortages worse.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-18/bus

    #MigrationPolicy #Immigration #MiningandMetalsIndustry #HospitalityIndustry #Farmers #AgriculturalWorkers #FederalGovernment #GovernmentPolicy #GarethHutchens

  2. Doing a little course planning or looking for reading list additions? Revisit the Canadian Food Studies book reviews for some inspiration!

    Start with Taarini Chopra’s review of Growing Resistance: Canadian Farmers and the Politics of Genetically Modified Wheat by Emily Eaton.
    doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v1i1

    Then pair it with Annabel Soutar’s theatre play, Seeds, which brings genetically modified crops into the realm of documentary theatre.
    porteparole.org/en/plays/seeds/

    #FoodStudies
    #FoodBooks
    #Theater
    #DocumentaryTheatre
    #GMOs
    #GeneticallyModifiedFoods
    #Wheat
    #Farming
    #Farmers
    #Agriculture
    #FoodPolitics
    #SeedSaving