http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/fiona-nash/ Senator Fiona Nash is Deputy Leader of the Nationals in the Senate and was elected at the 2004 Federal Election to represent NSW. Her term began on 1 July 2005. Fiona and her husband David Nash are farmers at Crowther near Young in south-west NSW and have two teenage boys. Fiona is chair of the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport-References Committee. en Copyright 2013 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/chooks-lull-us-into-false-sense-of-food-security/ As a farmer it is my duty to let backyard chook fanciers in on a secret. No chook ever died in credit. That’s why the only chooks that have ever been on our farm have been dead, plucked and ready to cook. Chooks as pets are the flavour of the month. They are small, they eat leftovers and the eggs they lay are delicious, making them ideal pets for inner-city backyards. But if you look at the economics, each egg will cost many times more than the amount you pay for a barn-laid dozen and food producers don’t provide homes for poultry or livestock that doesn’t earn its keep. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Fiona Nash) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/chooks-lull-us-into-false-sense-of-food-security/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/chooks-lull-us-into-false-sense-of-food-security/#item697 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:40:12 +0000 Fiona Nash | Author bios | The Punch