Using the Sydney peri-urban area as a case study, it will be shown that this food is grown in a landscape that is mostly rural residential in use. The juxtaposition of rural residential land use to food production creates land use conflict.

This presentation aims to address the issues of rural residential development in food production. it will outline these various food production areas with reference to case studies and photos from Australia, Canada, United Kingdom and United States of America.

This paper explores the major issues arising in Sydney’s rural-urban fringe, particularly from the perspective of Sydney’s fringe from the outside looking in rather from the inside looking out.