A collective of local farmers are fighting back against the carving out of Australian agricultural land by foreign buyers, planning to purchase property in an industry dominated by corporations.

The 200-year old ‘Woolnorth’ dairy farm in Tasmania was recently been put on the market, and while the growing trend is for such land to be snapped up by multinational companies, Circular Head Farming Group’s President and proud farmer Stephen Fisher told Millsy and Karl on 6PR Breakfast he feels a strong drive to consolidate and protect local industry.

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There’s a groundswell of support, I believe, right across Australia, to see us own our own land,” Mr Fisher said

“The question I had to ask myself was, if I didn’t like it, what was I prepared to do about it?”