THE recent article in the Farm Weekly about city folk being ignorant about where their food comes from recalls the Australian Government’s Rural Women of the Year Awards. In 2008 Georgie Somerset of Queensland was the runner up in the awards for her initiative of Bush Links, this is a portal that will draw together information that is already available, it is designed to meet the needs of people wanting to invest in, move to or simply visit regional Australia. Georgie has a passion for agricultural produce and she says “research shows that many ethical views are formed by the time a child is about twelve years old, so we need to communicate to children about the food, fibre and foliage that we produce. So if you want to know how your meat and vegetables are produced you could find them through Bush Links”. Read further in the Ten Year report on the winners of Rural Woman of the Year. Local identities Pam Lincoln and Maggie Edmonds have been the recipients of the Western Australian Rural Woman award in 2007 and 2008 respectively