60 years on since Silent Spring, David Pocock enters the debate on food and pesticides

Former rugby player and current senator David Pocock has called for more regulation on agricultural chemicals and more support for farmers who work with nature. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

David Pocock doesn’t mince words. The independent senator for the ACT tackles issues head-on, whether he is playing a Test match or chaining himself to a digger in solidarity with farmers against the Whitehaven coalmine.

Now he has spoken out about the amount of agricultural chemicals used to produce food.