Farming Archives

GALLERY: Beanstalk organic keepin’ it real

Food & Wine Rebecca Riddle - April 28, 2022

Novocastrians are among the 62% of shoppers who now seek to buy organic produce, and the numbers are rising, up an average of 50% each year.

More women needed, says farming group

News Rebecca Riddle - January 19, 2022

The future of farming in the Hunter involves boosting the number of women in the industry according to the National Farmers’ Federation

Tocal Field Days back on 2021 calendar

News Nicole Somerville - March 26, 2021

After COVID-19 forced its cancellation last year, the region’s largest agricultural exhibition, Tocal Field Days (TFD), is back in 2021. Tagged “today’s farming on show”, TFD gives farmers and farm suppliers a chance...

Goats, wine and humour: Hunter Valley farmer pens second book

Entertainment Rebecca Riddle - February 20, 2021

His resume includes roles ranging from bus driver, negotiator, cookbook collector, and sperm donor to author and farmer, so what is next for Hunter Valley resident Todd Alexander? In his latest book entitled...

Visa changes to support Australian farmers

News Nicole Somerville - January 5, 2021

The Hunter is expected to be among the nation’s regional areas to welcome more overseas workers this year. In a bid to provide struggling farmers with more support, the Federal Government is adopting...

Channel your inner farmer for a cause

Lifestyle Elizabeth Symington - November 17, 2020

Embrace your inner farmer for a cause this month and host a COVIDSafe event as Rural Aid shares a televised charity concert to help our farmers who have been hit hard in...

Program teaches children about life on the land

News Emma Murphy - November 4, 2020

Jesse Clarke had been working as a science teacher for almost a decade when he decided to pursue life on the family farm in Phoenix Park, near Morpeth. “I’d had enough of working...

Getting up close with beastly bison

News Emma Murphy - September 19, 2020

They’re 800 kilograms of explosive energy and can jump two metres high. American bison aren’t too common in Australia, but in the small, sleepy town of Morpeth, a farm of the beasts is...

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