A fresh set of eyes | We’re well placed to satisfy Sydney’s hunger

By Stuart Pearson
July 5 2018 - 5:30pm
RARE: The Sydney basin's farms and market gardens are being replaced by houses. But will that create an opportunity for Central West farmers? Photo: KATE GERAGHTY
RARE: The Sydney basin's farms and market gardens are being replaced by houses. But will that create an opportunity for Central West farmers? Photo: KATE GERAGHTY

Ex-Sydneysider STUART PEARSON looks at Bathurst and its future from the perspective of a new resident.

A CENTURY ago, the Sydney basin had sufficient numbers of farms, orchards and market gardens that it easily fed itself. Only the produce of broadacre farms, such as cattle, sheep and cereal crops, needed to be brought into the city from beyond the Blue Mountains.

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