by Matilda Meikle | Feb 2, 2023 | Agriculture
Australia is experiencing a nation-wide potato shortage. Due to the ongoing effects of the floods and fluctuating weather conditions in 2022, farmers have been unable to keep up with demand for this popular produce. The call for frozen potato products, and discussions...
by Matilda Meikle | Jan 19, 2023 | Agriculture
Three sunflower farmers are welcoming snap-happy tourists to boost their businesses. Last year in September, media reports surfaced about canola farmers as far flung as Western Australia’s Wheat Belt to Central New South Wales complaining about tourists trespassing on...
by Matilda Meikle | Jan 19, 2023 | Agriculture
AgriFutures Rural Women’s Acceleration Grant has announced its seven women recipients for 2023 The innovators; Alice Bennett, Thea Walker, Nadine Holgate, Emma Goodall, Leanne Kruss, Kate Webster, and Sarah McCarthy, will each receive funds of up to $7000 for...
by The Lighthouse | Dec 14, 2022 | Agriculture, Business
Organic wine is healthier for the planet and those who drink it than the conventional variety. So, why the lack of interest from Australians? Wine-loving Australians are sceptical about organic wine, with most being prepared to pay only a small or no premium to drink...
by Sue Wallace | Nov 21, 2022 | Agriculture
New technology, animal welfare and biosecurity measures are just some of the current and future trends in Australian agriculture. Export markets Agriculture accounts for 12 per cent of Australia’s gross domestic product (GDP), but we produce substantially more food...
by Matilda Meikle | Nov 10, 2022 | Agriculture
It’s a Thursday evening in one of Perth’s most celebrated restaurants and the head chef is delicately placing the finishing touches on a quintessential Western Australian fine dining dish – marron. Brushed with a bone marrow butter over a jarrah grill and...