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The Commonwealth Games has been shining a spotlight on some of Australia’s smallest country towns this week. Wearing the green and gold requires a wealth of talent, and as we found, talent can come from where you may least expect. Join us as we discover what kind of work ethic growing up in rural Australia instills in a Commonwealth Games…

The farm-to-table movement is demonstrating the true meaning of ‘homegrown’ by celebrating all things local. Through sourcing produce from regional growers, the trend in dining is providing patrons with the opportunity to celebrate all that surrounds them this Easter: family, friends and the places they love.  Easter is a great time to enjoy one other’s company. Amidst the chaos of…

Farm equipment started changing around 20 years ago, and suddenly operators no longer had to worry about driving in the road paddocks in ultra-straight lines, as the machines were doing the work by themselves. Soon enough, overlapping, underlapping, mechanical and foam marking systems were no longer a concern. GPS guidance had found its way to the paddock, and a new…

Benalla is not the kind of place you would immediately associate with world-class street art, and even less so Goorambat (in the North East of Victoria, for those wondering). However, thanks to the Wall to Wall Street Art Festival- now in its 4th year- this is a reality I perhaps would never have thought possible growing up on a lamb…

They say it takes 10,000 hours to master something, but what they don’t tell you is how much heart, sacrifice and grit you have to put in alongside those hours. If it’s true that anyone can learn a skill, it’s also true that a real, visceral passion for what you do helps time go faster, softens the blows and makes…

The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is “The Time is Now: Rural and Urban Activists Transforming Women’s Lives”; so to celebrate a topic close to our hearts, we bring you some of the world’s most notable women in agriculture and farming, and the stories and achievements that have made them remarkable. Fiona Simson – Fiona Simson is the current president…