There's also other great journalists like -
Barrie Cassidy, Laurie Oakes, Laura Tingle,
to mention just a few.

mhaze,

I suggest that you take a look at Norman Borlaug's Nobel Prize acceptance speech:

"It is true that the tide of the battle against hunger has changed for the better during the past three years. But tides have a way of flowing and then ebbing again. We may be at high tide now, but ebb tide could soon set in if we become complacent and relax our efforts. For we are dealing with two opposing forces, the scientific power of food production and the biologic power of human reproduction. Man has made amazing progress recently in his potential mastery of these two contending powers. Science, invention, and technology have given him materials and methods for increasing his food supplies substantially and sometimes spectacularly, as I hope to prove tomorrow in my first address as a newly decorated and dedicated Nobel Laureate. Man also has acquired the means to reduce the rate of human reproduction effectively and humanely. He is using his powers for increasing the rate and amount of food production. But he is not yet using adequately his potential for decreasing the rate of human reproduction. The result is that the rate of population increase exceeds the rate of increase in food production in some areas. [still true in some areas]

"There can be no permanent progress in the battle against hunger until the agencies that fight for increased food production and those that fight for population control unite in a common effort. Fighting alone, they may win temporary skirmishes, but united they can win a decisive and lasting victory to provide food and other amenities of a progressive civilization for the benefit of all mankind."

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1970/borlaug-acceptance.html

A Noble Peace Prize winner whose aim was
to solve world hunger - especially for Asia
and Africa. That's a hard to beat role model
for sure. I hadn't even heard of Norman Borlaug
until it was brought up in this discussion.

There are so many great and wonderful people that
we have to choice from as role models from the
past and the present and who knows what lies in
the future.

I can also add someone closer to home - my mother.
She lived through so much in her life. She survived
World War II - two occupations of her country -
Soviet and German, lost her family members, worldly
possessions, her social position, and a child
as a result of malnutrition. Then started a new life
in a new land from scratch. Times were tough - yet
she built a new life for herself and today even with
dementia - she still has not given up and inspires me
every day by continuing to remain positive.

Divergence,

I'm well aware of his speech and much else he said besides.

I'm not so sure of your point however.

Divergence in my district alone, we could bring a hundred thousand good farming acres into food production, if it was viable.

The problem is, that the quickest way to go bankrupt today, is to produce food. Only a mug would do it, unless the return triples.

As for a role model, apart from Foxy & her mum, most of you are mad. Julie Bishop, a back stabber who actually believes in global warming, you must be kidding.

Nah, the only one I can think of is Biggles, & I'm not too sure about his private life

//Nah, the only one I can think of is Biggles//

You know he's not real, don't you?

Still, stout fellow, salt of the earth, backbone of England.... funny, he looks like a poof.

http://tinyurl.com/hwjz3uu