Queensland lettuce growers Geoffrey and Anne Story stopped selling to supermarkets 30 years ago, tired of riding the roller-coaster of being price takers. "I didn't like putting a lot of product in the ground, spending a lot of money employing people and you actually didn't know whether you're going to make money this week or next," Mr Story said. "We …
Victorian vegetable grower Catherine Velisha says Australia's food system is broken but it isn't the supermarkets' fault. "As individuals we feel like we're quite powerless but we're actually quite powerful and we can make decisions every day that can potentially change a whole food system along the line." Australians waste nearly 8 million tonnes of food every year, ranking it …
Consumers aren't the only ones frustrated by strawberries unexpectedly spoiling in the fridge crisper. "At the end of the day, the shelf life is dependent on how cold and how well kept those strawberries are," Mr Hoyle said. "We're questioning what we're doing, how quickly we're moving fruit from the field to the cold rooms, just to be able to …
A group of former soldiers are helping other veterans find new purpose after their defence service — through farming. "When you leave the army you have to leave your image at the same time and develop a new image," said army veteran Angelo Leonardi. "My family had a deep farming history in south-east Queensland and also in north Queensland, in …
The business of selling livestock is bringing more than just animals to saleyards across regional Australia. "Today, for example, we've had over 200 tourists and we've had busloads of schoolchildren," Roma Saleyards general manager Daniel Haslop said. 'It's big business' To understand the logistics of livestock sales, there is no better place to go behind the scenes than at Roma, …