FOR Red Cliffs Lions Club president Steve Hicks it's simple -- if we don't support our drought-ravaged farmers, then what will we eat?

"We have to keep their stock alive so that it feeds the nation really," Mr Hicks said.

"God, you only have to look at Australia at the moment -- it is bloody terrible."

This month, Mr Hicks joined Lions Club members from across Sunraysia and Renmark in donating ...