Announcement of the development of a national food security and bioenergy strategy ‘Feeding Australia’ by the Federal Agriculture Minister, Julie Collins has been welcomed by the Australian Sugar Milling Council (ASMC).
ASMC CEO Ash Salardini says the Australian sugar industry can be central to Australia’s role in a global food and bioenergy future, and this national strategy will ensure collaboration between the key bioenergy stakeholders, according to the press release.
‘In a world that is being increasingly defined by geopolitical tensions, securing our food and energy future is not a ‘nice to have’, it is one of the defining challenges facing Australia’, said Salardini.
Sugar is central to domestic and global food systems and a fundamental feedstock for bioenergy, and as such, we are putting our hands up to be front and centre of this new strategy.
“Sugar is part of any robust food system, and we will be a primary feedstock for any biofuels and bioenergy domestic production capability. Outside traditional uses, sugar will be central to creating electricity, biomethane, sustainable aviation fuel, biodiesel, and in the creation of alternative proteins and nutraceuticals.”
‘In a world that is being increasingly defined by geopolitical tensions, securing our food and energy future is not a ‘nice to have’, it is one of the defining challenges facing Australia’, said Salardini.
Sugar is central to domestic and global food systems and a fundamental feedstock for bioenergy, and as such, we are putting our hands up to be front and centre of this new strategy.
“Sugar is part of any robust food system, and we will be a primary feedstock for any biofuels and bioenergy domestic production capability. Outside traditional uses, sugar will be central to creating electricity, biomethane, sustainable aviation fuel, biodiesel, and in the creation of alternative proteins and nutraceuticals.”
The ASMC has long been calling for a National Bioenergy Feedstock Strategy and welcomes the announcement of the Feeding Australia project.
“This is exactly what the doctor ordered – a strategy that looks to optimise both food and fuel security in Australia.”
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