From curious confections like beetroot ice cream and carrot marshmallows to state-of-the-art precision technologies and AI, last week’s Hort Connections Conference was a showcase of current and emerging solutions across the supply chain. 

As Australia’s most disaster-prone state, Queenslanders certainly bring the grit when it comes to navigating everything mother nature throws at us.

Ask around in the horticulture industry about ESG, and you'll get mixed reactions. Some growers have never come across the term, while others are already knee-deep in reporting.

Coercive control and financial abuse are key topics for May’s “Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month” but while most public conversations and events will rightly focus on individual victims of this harm, advocates for fresh produce view this abuse through a different lens – one where we see systemic, systematic, and deeply damaging relationships within our own industry.

Fair Farms was launched in 2019 in direct response to the Harvest Trail Inquiry, which revealed that half of the 638 horticultural businesses investigated had breached workplace laws. 

Given Monday was Labour Day — and the day after the Labor Party's election win — we figured it was time to chime in to the workforce conversation. In that spirit, here’s our (starting) list of demands.

In recent days, NSW Farmers made headlines by walking away from the National Farmers’ Federation. It’s yet another sign that even the big players are feeling disillusioned with the state of advocacy. We’re being challenged—and that’s a good thing.