National response to the Intergovernmental Agreement on Biosecurity (IGAB) report – Priorities for Australia’s biosecurity system released today, November 29, confirms all governments to work to build a national system to meet future challenges. The Coalition Government has already addressed a number of recommendations THE Coalition Government today released its national response to the independent review of …. more
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New technology to track grape development
Early flowering grapes New Android mobile phone app to help track the development of the size and colour of grapes. The app will rapidly collect data to help growers make harvest and vineyard management decisions. The research was carried out by the NWGIC and funded by Wine Australia. MEASURING and tracking the development of grapes …. more
Farmers’ markets create new opportunities for small farmers
Adam Jones, above, on his small horticulture farm at Theebine, north of Gympie, South East Queensland. BY Tim Marshall A SIGNIFICANT reversal is occurring in the Australian countryside. For many years the number of productive farms was reducing. Land units were either amalgamated into larger entities or converted to ‘rural living’ or ‘lifestyle’ properties. For …. more
Visiting Coburg Farmers’ Market
A COLOURFUL and busy market with a wide range of produce, and full of happy shoppers despite the threat of rain was my impression of Coburg Farmers’ Market on a recent visit to Victoria. Amongst the selection of fruit and vegetables available, was citrus from Sunraysia and organic vegetables from Gippsland. There were free range …. more
Ambitious ventures for Melbourne Farmers’ Markets
Miranda Sharp, VFMA committee member and founder of Melbourne Farmers’ Markets on left, with VFMA President Wayne Shield, and Kate Archdeacon VFMA Executive Officer. BACK in 2002 when the Collingwood Children’s Farm was under threat of being ‘swallowed up by a housing development’, Miranda Sharp, an action-oriented person, who is clearly brimming with energy and …. more
Benefits of farmers’ markets
A Sunday morning at Noosa Farmers’ Market, Queensland – cooking demonstrations connect and enlighten market-goers. IN 2005 the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) published a report called ‘New Generation’ Farmers’ Markets in Rural Australia. In 2014 RIRDC published another report called Understanding the Characteristics of Australian Farmers’ Markets. The 2005 report acknowledged the …. more
