Telling Our Story Podcast Profile

The Young Farmer Proving Agriculture Isn’t Like McLeod’s Daughters

 Joining stock camps in north-west Queensland is about as tough as it gets, let alone holding your own there as a teenager. It kick-started a career in agriculture that has since spanned the country. For now, a pause, managing Elverton Pastoral in Blessington, Tasmania. And they say farmers wear many hats, so a mechanics apprenticeship, […]

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From Brisbane Café to NT Cattle Station, Life as a Cattle Station Cook

A love of food can most certainly take you anywhere, but perhaps an unlikely destination is a remote Northern Territory cattle station. It’s a path down which former Brisbane café owner Wendy Cox has ventured. For those of us who haven’t been lucky enough to try her recipes, she generously shares photos of the sizeable

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The Unconventional Farmer: A Career in Ag, No Background

As she calls a sprawling homestead in southern NSW home, it’s hard to fathom how Hannah Bamford has gone from leaving school directionless – to being the assistant manager of a 4000-hectare property near Young. Her career in agriculture all started thanks to a chance meeting with a vet, which set off an incredible chain

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Inside Australia’s First Indigenous-Owned Vertical Farm, Built to Beat Drought and Flood

After an epic quest all over the world, the owners of Booma Food, based in Cessnock, in the NSW Hunter Region, are confident they’ve tracked down the best sustainable growing technology to see us through future climate challenges like flood and drought. In a southern-hemisphere first, the Indigenous-owned company has launched the patented vertical design,

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Potager: The Award-Winning Kitchen Garden Redefining Paddock to Plate in Northern NSW

Moving from Sydney to a small 10-acre farm in the little-known town of Carool was always going to be life-changing. But the owners may not have fully appreciated how much magic they were about to sprinkle over northern NSW. Their award-winning kitchen garden has become a favourite destination in the Tweed tourism scene. To learn

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Why Are Eggs So Expensive in Australia? An Egg Farmer Explains the Bird Flu Fallout

Eggs – they’re an easy and usually affordable source of protein and nutrition. But walking through most Australian supermarkets lately, it’s clear cracks have appeared in the industry. So why is there an egg shortage? And why, when you do happen to find some, are they so expensive? Egg farmer and sector advocate, Danyel Cucinotta

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From Apple Orchard to Christmas Wonderland: How One Family Reinvented Their Farm

It’s the stuff dreams are made of – Christmas all year round. For one Queensland family and all who visit their farm, that’s the reality. 20 acres of perfectly formed Christmas trees, the decorations to adorn them – and for those wanting a little more – you can even indulge in one of their famous

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What Is Regenerative Agriculture? Meet the First-Generation Farmers Doing It in Queensland

As first-generation farmers, this family says they started small and safe – but there’s nothing small about the big issues they’re addressing. Ethics, sustainability and regeneration underpin everything they do. To achieve that, they have a passion for First Nations’ knowledge combined with giving their animals the most natural life possible on a farm. To

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Sprouting the Next Generation: The Siblings Behind Australia’s Brussels Sprouts

Siblings, Erin and Josh Cranwell know a thing or two about Brussels sprouts. Five generations of their family have produced them, but returning to the farm after high school to take up a career in the business has surprised everyone, not least themselves. The brother and sister from Hay Valley and Lake Plains in South

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