[On-screen text: The vision for agricultural and rural lands]
Speaker: In the agricultural areas, sustainable farming is part of a thriving ecosystem of healthy waterways.
Where Bunurong, Wadawurrung and Wurundjeri Woi wurrung Peoples knowledge and cultural practices have become a part of everyday sustainable farming. Where water is carefully managed, used and re-used rather than being taken out of the rivers and waterways.
The waterways in these rural areas are full and flowing, feeding the vital connections between the urban ecosystems and natural and forested environments. Flourishing green corridors coexist and connect communities with the neighbouring prosperous and sustainable agricultural land.
It's an immense region outside of the urban growth boundary from Macedon to Ballan all the way to the Werribee River as it flows through the Bacchus Marsh and Werribee irrigation districts, and Deep Creek in the upper Maribyrnong catchment.
Its waterways continue to vary widely in colour and shape, through grasslands and set against the rugged beauty of places like the Werribee Gorge.
Collaboration is central to how we get things done. With the Traditional Owners, the Bunurong, Wadawurrung and Wurundjeri Woi wurrung, farmers, communities and all levels of government come together to protect and enhance our essential food bowl and so we all benefit from healthy, high-quality food.
It's an area that is both economically and ecologically sustainable.
Page last updated: 22/11/23