‘A Farmer’s Life for Me’ was filmed by the BBC in 2011, and has just started screening on ABC television from 6pm-7pm on Tuesday nights. Filmed during midsummer in the beautiful rolling hills of Suffolk, ‘A Farmers Life for Me’ features 9 varied couples (siblings and married/partnered couples, gay/straight; of all ages & from all walks […]
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‘A Farmer’s Life for Me’ BBC television series
February 21st, 2012Australia’s fine wool (Merino) industry
February 6th, 2012Imagine if a capital city newspaper ran a story on Toyota wheel drives and illustrated it with an image of a Mini Cooper S. Can you imagine the resulting laughter, too? Apparently it’s fine to use any old stock library image when it comes to illustrating a story on agriculture, however. The Feb 4-5 2012 edition of Brisbane’s […]
Rural Women Speaking Out
February 6th, 2012Stumbled upon a very interesting blog piece by ABC journalist Flint Duxfield titled ‘Women are farmers too, so why don’t we hear them more?’ Flint describes the all-too-common occurrence of ringing a farm, speaking to the wife who is clearly knowledgeable but when asked about the possibility of an interview – the wife defers to the […]
Farm blogs – personal stories from the bush
February 3rd, 2012There are now quite a few Australian farming blogs – and there are several different kinds. There are those that are entertaining and informative accounts of daily domestic issues, written by women, which highlight the lifestyle and financial management differences between living in towns and living in the bush. These blogs are interesting and very useful in regard to […]
Best Rangeland Practice and Innovation (Bestprac)
January 24th, 2012There’s a great source of useful rural management stories and interesting information on the ‘Bestprac’ website. Bestprac is supported by AWI (Australian Wool Innovation) and specialises in the promotion of best practice management of arid rangelands, helping cattle producers as well as sheepmeat/wool producers located in more sparsely settled areas (i.e. lower rainfall farming regions) hear first hand stories from […]
Vegetarianism chosen for moral reasons
December 21st, 2011An objective, analytical discussion on the choice of vegetarianism for moral reasons, was written by Michael Martin of Boston University in 1976. It is publicly available today on the internet as it is on the American ‘Reason Papers’ website. Michael Martin’s article is titled ‘A Critique of Moral Vegetarianism’ and it runs to 43 pages including footnotes/references. I haven’t […]
Australia’s pastoral companies – land ownership & changes; corporate & family
December 20th, 2011Most of Australia’s largest pastoral companies, whether publicly or privately owned, list the cattle stations, sheep properties, farms and feedlots owned, on their websites. This was not always the case and it is probably only done these days to help secure the attention of prospective employees. The Australian Agricultural Company (AACo) is publicly owned and […]
The Conversation – excellent, thought provoking discussion of issues relating to the environment & agriculture
December 19th, 2011The internet is full of forums and soapboxes and there’s a lot of chaff hiding the grains of wheat. Just discovered an excellent website called ‘The Conversation’. In what way are ‘The Conversation’ articles and ensuing discussions, different to the multitude of other online material? What makes The Conversation special? The content on The Conversation is […]
Keeping up with the Joneses of Coolibah final episode
December 15th, 2011After last week’s episode of Keeping up with the Joneses, full of end of year bullcatching, cane toad racing, croc egg collecting and Christmas preparations, it was great to see baby Jack Jones, the newest arrival in the Jones family. The story of Cristina Joneses pregnancy has reminded me of how different it is to have […]
Peter Sherwin – Sherwin Pastoral Company
December 14th, 2011Discovered a very interesting newspaper article on Peter Sherwin, titled ‘Peter Sherwin: the battles of a real strange critter’. Written by Colleen Ryan and Sue Lecky, this lengthy article on Peter Sherwin was published in the Sydney Morning Herald on January 7th 1989. It can be read now on the Toowoomba Hotel website. As they say, […]