I have been a farmhand for around ten years. I have worked with three old blokes that worked as hard as malley bulls, they would work every young guy under the table everyday. Then on the following Monday they just didn't turn up for work for the first day off they have ever had off. Then the next week we were going t another old farmers funeral. We would get a couple of young people to join our farmworkers team and the majority of them would only come for a couple of days then they just simply quit and go back on the dole. I'm also blaming the government for just blatantly handing out money to able bodied young men that should either be made to work or go to the military. No more dole for dole bludgers, get off your asses and get a job. And stop complaining that all the foreigners are taking the jobs. They are not taking the jobs they are just simply applying for the positions that none of the young people want to do. I hope I'm not stepping on anyone's toes or crossing a line. But i have worked pretty much everyday to get what i have achieved in my working life.
@martysgarden7 күн бұрын
This comment just says it all. It speaks truth on what's going on out there. People who have or are working in the industry seeing it happen and unfold around them. Honestly the aging farmer, i real feel for them.
@clarissamonaghan72187 күн бұрын
Won't even catch a bus or train it's uber all the time then Nan can you lend me some money takeaway instead of cooking shameful me me me
@backyardbanana6 күн бұрын
like the blackbirding and slaves ... grandfather didn't clear the bush and cut cane
@backyardbanana6 күн бұрын
Hard honest work is hard
@MargaretFinnell6 күн бұрын
You are so right. Far too many young people and a lot of older ones too, do not know how to work. They have their hand out wanting stuff but not a job. Unfortunately it is in most countries as a form of compassion to help the under -privileged. No welfare or dole for able bodied people. Drug/alcohol abuse is not a illness but a self inflicted condition. A couple of months of treatment then done. I grew up with a farm, it is hard work and far too many people have no idea how how hard it can be to get a crop in and then harvest and get paid. Here in the USA we are having the same problem, my mother who still sorta farms is 89. (with my sister's help) was worried if she could bush hog the pasture next year.
@annetteblomfield15715 күн бұрын
Since they r mucking around with the weather the usual time for harvesting rice is changing overseas so the weather is not a reliable indicator anymore due to some greedy individuals who have a nasty agenda 😔😔
@martysgarden5 күн бұрын
This weather modification is madness
@christoering81397 күн бұрын
Self sufficient me is a good you tube guy ...
@martysgarden7 күн бұрын
He is yes, nice man and friend
@RonaldLagas-rs6ct6 күн бұрын
There are better days coming for everyone. Stay blessed 💕
@kiwianon4685 күн бұрын
This stuff worries me here in Nz too. It’s why I started a garden, fruit trees, learning to preserve food etc etc 3 years ago. Food security isn’t something the masses seem to talk or think about but it motivates me every single day!
@martysgarden5 күн бұрын
It's very close, and can happen faster than people realise. Thanks for sharing
@anaschilling26687 күн бұрын
You are right Marty, rough times ahead, time to start becoming more self reliant . 🙏🌿
@martysgarden7 күн бұрын
100% take control of our lives ahead. These problems can come very fast and unexpected
@anaschilling26687 күн бұрын
@@martysgardenand people don’t want to see it , until it’s too late. Thanks for voicing what people are avoiding talking about
@DavidHill-g2d6 күн бұрын
Energy pricing are NOT coming down. Fact. Great video.
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
Thanks, I hope your wrong
@cathygoff48426 күн бұрын
We live in coastal rural NSW and have a large covered veg plot in suburbia. Very aware of global inclinations. Rather than encouraging everyone to grow food we are talking with friends (not all of them are awake) about simple trading as not everyone likes gardening but they may trade good for labour or eggs for broccoli. I for one am happy to cook the meals of our friends raise the cattle. We don’t all have to reinvent the wheel. Simple networking does the trick and allows each person to contribute according to their interests and skills. ❤
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
Well said Cathy, you make a great point!
@tonycortese21656 күн бұрын
As usual good onya Marty. Cooking videos are a must if we don't know how to grow food we sure don't know how to cook food, well fresh food that is. Some videos on cooking preparing and preserving what we grow would be very beneficial Mr Marty man. Thanks for looking out for people.
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
We are planning these now Tony, waiting for rain to stop
@aaronhopkins66977 күн бұрын
A huge problem is most of the young people these days just want to get a high paying clean easy job so they can just afford to buy the food they want to eat. Without any thoughts of who grows the food. Sooner or later one day all the farmers will be gone, therefore no more food these people like to eat, and no more knowledge of where it comes from. They will soon realise that the computer can't grow potatoes. Happy gardening everyone. 💚🌏🙏🎄
@martysgarden7 күн бұрын
So true, a computer can't grow spuds, luv it!
@downunderfulla60016 күн бұрын
Totally agree but it’s platforms like KZbin that have severed the connection with food origins and help it remain strong so people believe meat and veg just magically appear on the shelves. If I upload a hunting video or animal processing video, it instantly gets flagged and removed. If monetised, these videos lose monetisation. -Can’t show dogs on a wild pig. -Can’t show a clear accurate dispatch of any animal using a bang stick or knife. -Can’t show the skinning or gutting of animals in case of blood 🩸 Anything in the nature of harvesting your own meat is purposely demonised, even if you have written and verbal warnings of your video content. These large corporations favour the degenerate that’s not interested in your content but instead would just rather dislike and report it. If warnings are followed being verbal and written then the interested people shouldn’t have to suffer from these valuable life skills
@tonycortese21656 күн бұрын
Without any thought of who grows the food? I'd say without any thought at all. They consume and waste like there's no tomorrow.
@martysgarden7 күн бұрын
G'day from Mullumbimby Northern N.S.W Australia!
@MargaretFinnell5 күн бұрын
Even here in the USA the farmers are aging out. The start up costs are insane and so are the taxes. Too hard of work for too little profit. Then you have people who seem to think that your fields are free and open for their use despite being fenced with signs saying otherwise. I can't tell you the number of people who want produce for free.
@martysgarden5 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing Margaret
@saltfishfrenzy99767 күн бұрын
I know its not possible for everyone but have atleast one or 2 houses in a street with enough time and space for a flock can produce enough eggs for a decent number of people. Relying on not just yourself but your neighbour when possible can really help. For example i grow some really grate cucumber but dont have enough space for mangoes but my neighbour does so every season i give him some cucumbers in trade for mangoes then i dry some of the mangoes for snacks and i will always save him and his wife some of the dry stuff to enjoy because they dont have the time to make dry magoes. Its a small example of a grate thing to keep in mind
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
Awesome example, thanks so much for sharing and caring SaltyFishFrenzy
@johnknighton69887 күн бұрын
I agree, the people in the farming industry are dying out and not being replaced. However it's not just them, try getting welders or motor mechanics. In this town many of the tradies are my age or already dead.
@martysgarden7 күн бұрын
True, many industries have a similar unfolding issues. Thanks for sharing here
@monty1110006 күн бұрын
Any practical trade is struggling to get people interested,
@jeaniepecats4196 күн бұрын
Save your own seeds from your garden too.
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
That's very important.
@blackwolf0736 күн бұрын
Great message in this video Marty. Food security and supply, along with cost of living is super important.
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
Thanks BlackWolf, we have another video coming out tomorrow as well that helps unfold what I spoke about today. Stay tuned it will be out tomorrow!
@blackwolf0736 күн бұрын
@@martysgarden sounds good Marty. Looking forward to it.
@meganbartlett84537 күн бұрын
It's also cooking...and cooking the food you grow... another thing that so many do not know how to do 😢
@martysgarden7 күн бұрын
For sure Megan. Sherly and I have planned in the pipeline some cooking videos from what we are growing here in our garden. Hopefully they will be well received.
@jodityler55394 күн бұрын
I’d love to have a farm. But the other problem we also face here in Australia is the cost of land. My dad just sold a farm for over $3M here in FNQ (he was the agent). We do have young people that want to go into agriculture but it’s not affordable at all.
@martysgarden4 күн бұрын
Yeah land is so expensive these days. The only way is like a start up and raise capital first for young crew
@craftykez6 күн бұрын
Now is the time to learn how to grow good soil to grow in. The better your soil the better your veggies and fruits.
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
You are so right, we've been busy building good soil here!
@MattMilla766 күн бұрын
Another great video Marty. Scary stuff. I wonder if aggregating micro-farms might fill a gap? So, you give the micro-farm a really good crack, some of your neighbors do too, and you might have twenty people in the suburb doing the same. A Cooperative collects the harvests and gets it to market. Regardless, it looks like doing more to be self-sufficient is going to be a necessary skill.
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
Matt, what your saying is a true solution. People may get pushed to doing just that down the line
@philcleaver27036 күн бұрын
Marty, this is a top and important video this morning. Obviously, you look at the macro problems and way down the track. Sadly, many of us are so busy doing and surviving within short-term parameters that forward planning gets put on the back burner, which in reality only increases the individual pressures.. I as an individual don't have all the answers. However, feel that collectively many of us here may do without engaging in politics. My takeaway from this morning's video is let us concentrate on eggs For example oz consumed last year 59 million dozen eggs. NOW take it a couple of steps further within our cost of living parameter. . It looks like us eat food. Looking up Steggles balance sheet cost of production just on future food inputs is predicted to rise to an alarming amount. Why? Because many producers of chook food Are bailing out of that crop and into things like Canola, barley, and more profitable crops. My background is in Ag as well as finance, research agriculture, and aviation . Originally just a boy from the bush but multi-degree qualified here and overseas. I always follow the money trail and watch such as venture cap and Banking industry (leaving out politics ). I am driven to suggest we listen to Marty think ahead in the macro sense then within our own pressures of the family job, health, etc get on the bus and start doing rather than saying drill down via Google duck, duck go searches etc then discover what the oz egg poultry industry is facing today. The future is starting to become very interesting in a fiscal and corporate sense. MARTY one heck of a catalyst for people to engage in well bloody done
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
Wow, yer it's truly eye-opening and so much more coming our way. never thought I would be a reporter, haha, but here we are sharing the truth of what's coming! Thanks for this comment Phil
@jadonovan80655 күн бұрын
Sadly, happening all over the world. Many of us trying to be self sufficient. Good luck to all.
@martysgarden5 күн бұрын
Thanks mate
@andyirons71627 күн бұрын
Great advice mate
@martysgarden7 күн бұрын
Thanks Andy, have an awesome week mate!
@Freedomau246 күн бұрын
“With the changing of seasons it’s getting harder” Weather manipulation….
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
Many people say that yes, they are definately up in the skies reeking havoc
@JohnSimpson-x5v5 күн бұрын
Well said and so on the money! Great abundance 🌎
@martysgarden5 күн бұрын
Cheers
@KHKH-os6kt6 күн бұрын
As I grew up on a mixed farm in Alberta, Canada. The problem was as a mixed farm you couldn't travel or go into town for a few hours before you had to return because the farm animals. Not really a life.
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
Yes, unless you love that life!
@andreamaclachlan9806 күн бұрын
We had a discussion about 'middle age' the other day at church. It was actually my teens saying the average life expectancy (in America especially) is seventy ish, (they know the numbers 😉) which makes 35 'middle age' now. We are going backwards with all this processed food. So, if you are 35, you are middle aged. The farmers are 'old' by current measures. The last few decades have been one of coddling, especially with the rise of the internet. We have homeschooled our many children. Due to frequent moving, growing our own food has been challenging. We are starting to grow now, but live in a challenging environment. Our life has heen real, and with plenty of challenges. Our children have not been coddled, and stand out for it. The young ones still here at home live life with us. They see and hear in real time what is actually happening, and are being a part of the solution. They know that what we are trying to do is so we have food on the table. They see the bare shop shelves every week. They see the rising prices every week. They live in the real world. The next generation can be helped by pulling them out of the indoctrination centres ('schools') and living life together. Learn real life skills, and that work is a thing. Be creative . Save jars and grow food in them. Sell the extras. If we sit back idle, they will, too.
@patriciacole87736 күн бұрын
Remember too the fourth commandment KJV. It’s reminding us of Genesis 2:2&3. John 14:15. 1 John 2:3. And Revelation 22:14. Jesus is our example for Biblical rest in this spiritual battle over worship. Jesus said don’t be deceived. And to come out of her My people. Jesus or barrabus. Truth or tradition. Sabbath or sun day. Choose wisely. This is the last test for faithfulness to God in obedience to His Word. Blessings in all Truth.
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
Luv this, thanks so much for sharing here!
@marylinsmith42906 күн бұрын
Has anyone else noticed that honey now tastes and looks like golden syrup? HHHHMMMM!!!!! I haven't seen a bee for a long time now....
@martysgarden5 күн бұрын
Check the labels to avoid sugar used in this mixes..a big company got busted a few years back
@bonstar32214 күн бұрын
I buy all my honey directly from the bee farmer at the farmers markets so i know its real honey 🍯 There is still lots of bees around where i am but some times i don't see any for weeks and i quite often have to pollinate fruit and veg by hand 😢
@andreamaclachlan9806 күн бұрын
The only 'green' I'm interested in, is the one that looks like the one behind you. Love your garden.❤
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
Yep, it's very green!
@jeaniepecats4196 күн бұрын
Simple, if you don’t work you won’t eat.
@michaellawson65336 күн бұрын
More so if you dont plant, you dont reap.
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
Yep
@oldbloke2047 күн бұрын
One issue, I believe, in regards to getting workers these days is that there a jobs around that pay pretty good money for basic blue collar work and who can afford to live on a minimum wage job in most places these days? I was in a previous workplace the other day and my old boss couldn't get anyone to apply for a job that 20-30 years ago people would likely have been lining up for. I think he was hoping I would be putting my hand up for it in spite of being out of the game for 20+ years and being on the wrong side of 60 yo. In reality I could go and work at one of the local production line jobs for more money and better conditions if I so chose. The world sure has changed and a mate of mine who has to hire for jobs is gobsmacked at the stuff he here's from people who try applying for jobs at the place he works. Our local Supermarket often has job ads up and it seems to always be older people or teenagers who are working there. No surprises as I doubt that you could even pay rent around here on minimum wage for a 40 hour week. Biggest issue for food security here, imo, will be if fuel supplies are interrupted for any length of time. Buying blemish free out of season goods may quickly become just a memory.
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
Actually it's so expensive here in the Byron shire most travel to work here from Tweed heads. Or they live in a van and work hospitality
@andreamaclachlan9806 күн бұрын
Looking forward to the cooking videos!!❤❤❤
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
Me too, as soon as Sherly has some free time and the sun is shining we will film them
@HarukaMizune6 күн бұрын
if you ever go back to the Philippines, please do a video or 2 on Filipino farming/gardening and food 🙏. Also looking forward to your farm to table videos. Can't wait to see you and your wife cooking up a storm...metaphorically of course... We don't need the heavy rain again.
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
I will, we shot a worm farming video there and also a Tilapia fishing video a few months back. We have plans for the Philippines and if they come to be I will share them here. Thanks Marty
@kymrittchen6886 күн бұрын
If I could my husband & I would do work for food & a bed in Asia, just to learn how the rice farming works. It would be a wonderful experience. And to see some of the Philippines
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
It may be something we do one day when we have the finances to set up a farm.
@leonshomegrown6 күн бұрын
Well said mate.
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
Cheers Leon
@KatrinaCriglington6 күн бұрын
Interesting to hear you talk about a possible egg shortage due to the dictates of the big 2 supermarkets. Here in NZ we went through this exact thing a couple of summers ago. Our big 2, Woolworths & Foodstuffs decreed that they would only take free range eggs for selling. The egg producers knew that they weren’t going to take battery produced eggs so most off them had changed their system to caged. Well the big 2 stopped taking the battery eggs as they had said they would but then decided they wouldn’t take caged eggs either so they would only take free range. Guess what, not enough egg producers had gone to the free range system so there was a shortage of eggs. It was very difficult to make pavlovas for Christmas. What annoys me most is that these big 2 are basically limiting the everyday consumers ability to choose what product they want. Yes battery produced eggs are not nice on the hen, but when times are tough eggs can be a cheap source of protein & also can be used to stretch food further. Battery eggs were cheaper than free range & for some people that is a cost that is felt a lot in the back pocket. Now we don’t get a choice to have the cheaper eggs. Anyway just watch the price of eggs sky rocket if Australia doesn’t have enough free range egg suppliers when your big 2 start enforcing their purchasing decisions. Newspaper article if you are interested. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/egg-shortage-supermarket-shelves-bare-as-industry-deals-with-supply-issues/CVTUZD3INFEGTAVPNXXCHV23SQ/
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
Hi Katrina, thanks for sharing what happened in NZ and your experience with the change. I have another piece of content coming out this morning that supports this. I will check out the article you sent!
@crazyham6 күн бұрын
Great Video, Thanks Mate. The way things are going it may be more lucrative to start farming crikets lol.
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
haha, those darn crickets. Thanks for watching!
@crazyham6 күн бұрын
@martysgarden 😂 It's a world gone Mad hey. Keep up the good work mate 👌👌👌
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
@ will do
@janeandrews48506 күн бұрын
True eggs have been in short supply here in north qld . My son has chickens but as yet we have not committed as we have been travelling a bit plus cost of set up and then getting feed for them .
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
Hi Jane, it's very close to a price rise Australia wide. Currently researching more on this topic. Regarding chickens, if you are 50% considering getting some I would do some costings and start researching now. What we are discovering doesn't look good.
@kimmy_mac6 күн бұрын
I’ve been buying a little extra every fortnight to have back up. Started four years ago
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
That's smart I like that type of forward thinking!
@janetbransdon37426 күн бұрын
I think as people become more aware of the food crisis priorities will change. For example if they are have ANY place at all a yard, a balcony, a window garden they will choose to grow some or as much produce as they can Netflix, time spent on technology is NOT going to fill one's stomach.
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing Janet, I just closed my Netflix actually
@craftykez6 күн бұрын
Honestly I think it has a lot to do with how much farmers make. Pay the farmers more I think you'll get a lot more young people staying on farms.
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
They do in the states, it's subsidised. Makes other problems but it's a great conversation to have
@theaussienurseflipper.81136 күн бұрын
What I don't like about food in the supermarket is they don't tell you where it's grown anymore they just say from imported ingredients. And I believe that these organic egg farms just have a little door the chickens can walk through but they don't. I'm not 100% sure on that. Another thing people got to realize is chickens I mainly carnivores. What the chicken eats, is what we're eating. I love to get chickens but my wife hates birds. Cheers Graham
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
Yeah it's a tough one, food labelling is really not good enough. Great point you bring across mate
@bluemm28526 күн бұрын
Try finding a machine that can do one of the unwanted jobs then get the other rice farmers to pay for that service? Anything to speed up production. Also a granary to store up for hard times.
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
Already got enough machines, but they need people to man them. A bigger granary is also in the making so we can buy and store extra
@user-ii1iy8fz1d6 күн бұрын
Sustainable aggbis to feed the family and community maybe, while the cities consume themselves. Agg requires people get dirty and sweat a little. That will never occur to many. Serious change in systems and culture would be needed to effectively upscale sustainable agg to support society the way we do today. Nice dream but. ❤ Stay frosty
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
Cheers
@terrybrowning73756 күн бұрын
Saving eggs on eggs I buy my eggs from the local egg farm. They are barn layed eggs. Thery sell to the local fruitshops and also sell at the farm. I buy seconds a tray of 30 eggs costs $11. I may have to throw one asway for every two trays. The main reasons they are seconds is their shells are too thin or they are too big to sell. They are good for all things except boile eggs. I do boil them but often the shell wel break and I loose a little of the inside but I don't mind this. If people live in a semi rural area they should look arounf for any farms that sell both to stores and to the public. The stores will not take imperfect products so the farmers are usually happ to sell at the farm for a discount rather than throw them away and get noting for their work. An additional benifit of the trays from thwe egg farm is my worms love the cardboard ond if it is kept moist it goes in no time at all
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
Thanks Terry, great tips here mate!
@janetpotter23656 күн бұрын
I've been playing in the dirt most of the day.
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
Hi Janet,,,awesome wish I could it's raining again
@rickthelian22156 күн бұрын
Farmers are leaving the farm due to debt or no family wanting to continue the battles on the farm to make a modest living. Farmers are price takers not price makers side to supply and demand. Let’s not forget bird flu in Victoria, shortages of eggs. Broad conversation Marty, we can’t do much about that as individuals.
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
As individuals there isn't much we can do, but take control of growing our own food
@christoering81397 күн бұрын
Growing food is the toughest aspect for me
@martysgarden7 күн бұрын
Yes, that's why we start off small and work out slowly
@RobHelm-v5b5 күн бұрын
We are heading for a global food shortages alot due to changes in weather. So called Global Warming the UK has been wet for the last 2 years, highest temp this year was 2 days at 27 degrees. Nowt but grey skies and rain for most of the week so it has been a struggle growing veg.
@martysgarden5 күн бұрын
The weather is making harder recently
@HobbyRed75 күн бұрын
Geo weather. They mess with the elements with their engineering. Things will be back to normal weather wise when they stop. Policy needs to change
@jesusislukeskywalker42944 күн бұрын
@HobbyRed7 they are trying to flood brisbane again 😳 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXy5do2IeLejrac
@christoering81397 күн бұрын
Your wife lives in the Philippines?
@martysgarden7 күн бұрын
Sorry, she is from the Philippines lives with me in Mullumbimby,,my error in the video
@hr18937 күн бұрын
Japan is low but South Korea is even lower.
@martysgarden7 күн бұрын
It's frightening, yes?
@rickthelian22156 күн бұрын
On Wednesday Jim Charmers will be updating us on the Budget
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
Cheers
@kcc8796 күн бұрын
Farms selling for billions in FNQ just can’t afford it 😢
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
So expensive, wow!
@crankiemanx84236 күн бұрын
Real estate hyper inflation then the ultra wealthy psychos like the mr gates & other cronies will swoop in & buy up the land,& expect us to eat bugs & lab food.
@brucejensen30816 күн бұрын
Rice is so crap for the environment. That said Australian rice is not as bad as the rest. They should stop growing rice and buy Australian.
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
So they should stop growing rice and let everyone starve around the globe, yeh that makes real sense!
@brucejensen30816 күн бұрын
@martysgarden grass is shit. Using that amount of water to get rid of weeds or keep rice warm doesn't seem practical. Should be more of a reliance on legumes. There's an abundance of food, so much so we destroy it, so we can supply a select type of food. Deep rooted buckwheat can fix issues is better than stupid grains
@chryXantho6 күн бұрын
Sometimes i feel sad for the days when life just seemed simpler. We had problems no doubt, but now it feels like one existential threat after another. Food, cost of living, weather and climate causing destruction on a new level, insurance too expensive, health care too expensive, wars popping up, politics that is at a new level. I live with this inner dread of something big coming.
@MargaretFinnell6 күн бұрын
It wasn't that things were simpler. If you wanted to eat you worked. Many were poor but so was almost everyone else.
@martysgarden6 күн бұрын
Many do live in fear for sure, being a Christian I find solitude in the safety of Jesus. His words, never leave you no forsake you are written in the bible
@christoering81397 күн бұрын
Hi all from Kobble Creek QLD 🦘🌏.. stay strong folks ..the shit is coming down the pipe