Food Security in a Two-Speed Economy: Horticultural Production in Western Australia

Abstract

Western Australia has experienced sustained economic and population growth over the last decade due to the prolonged resources boom, making it one of the wealthiest places in the world. However, despite the enviable international liveability status, there is evidence that the Western Australian economy and community more generally has become increasingly polarized by the resources boom. The gap between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots’ is widening depending upon peoples’ access to the wealth generated by the resources boom.