OWNERSHIP DEBATE
Free food production scheme would solve land-use problem
We should think about solutions for food provisions that are radically different to our current system, writes Thomas Thurner
The land debate promises to be a hot election ticket as the nation prepares to head to the polls in 2019. As the propaganda and hysteria mount around this emotive topic I propose we consider a more utopian approach to land reform. It all hinges on one important question: "How can the country’s agricultural land be placed not into the ownership of a few, but to the service of many?" To put this into perspective, back in the day my father’s vinyl collection of no more than a 100 songs was one of his proudest possessions. As a member of Generation X, copying songs onto a cassette gave me immediate access to the entire song collection of my friends. Today, I use a streaming service that provides me with more songs than I can listen to, but I own none of them. Ownership brings with it hardship. A car costs a lot of money to buy and maintain but most of the time it doesn’t add much value. The future of personal transport will be self-driving cars based on a subscription service. The futur...
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