The idea for an idea

The idea for this blog has been slowly simmering away on the back-burner of my mind for some time now; almost without me realising it.

It was prompted by a phrase that has been bandied about for some time now by the media, when talking about Australia's potential for supplying food to other countries.  Australia is sometimes referred to as the Food bowl of Asia and on days when hyperbole rules, it has even been suggested Australia might be "the food bowl of the world".  Goodness me.  Such aspirations; the mind boggles.

There has been much talk about the Food Bowl Modernisation Project here in Victoria and  in Queensland there was an area touted to be the New Salad Bowl.  When examined in some detail, apart from more standard articles in the daily press, the reading ranges from unbelievably boring government reports to more easily understood articles such as this one. Often talk about the Asian Food Bowl seems to relate more to the benefits of irrigation in areas of Australia that might enable farmers to grow more crops suitable for export to Asia or how, by becoming the Food Bowl of Asia, it will benefit the country economically. 

The above is the macro view and it occured to me that I could take a much closer look.

The micro view.