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Adrian Black

Unchecked urban sprawl is eating our food bowl

There are fears Victoria's agricultural potential is being hampered by an ad-hoc planning framework. (HANDOUT/CAROLINE DUNCAN PHOTOGRAPHY)

Victoria's food supply is being undermined by increasing land-use competition, fractured planning decisions and a lack of an overarching strategy to develop and feed the state, an inquiry has been told.

Victorian Farmers Federation president Emma Germano said the state's agricultural potential was being compromised because incremental planning decisions at different government levels were encroaching on productive land.

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