News & Stories

16 March 2018: The national Farmer Exchange online platform will be blitzing rural and regional Australia from late March.  Organiser Airlie Trescowthick (pictured) and her team will be travelling the country, meeting farmers, introducing them to the Farmer Exchange...

27 February 2018: A New York judging panel has honoured an emerging specialty crop that Farming Together is helping expand. A mustard seed oil produced by Yandilla Mustard in central NSW scored a bronze medal in the US Specialty Food Association’s sofi Awards....

22 February 2018: Tasmania is ‘pepper-central’ in the world of Australian native foods ... and demand is outstripping supply. A Tamar Valley event on March 8-9 is your chance to discover the possibilities of this booming new crop. The two-day forum will focus on...

22 February 2018: Australian olive growers ‘talent-spotted’ at a Farming Together event have claimed a top international award for their oil. Karen and Bill McLennan submitted a sample of their Sommariva olive oil to a taste-training day at Toowoomba event in...

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6 February 2018:  If you are thinking about forming a co-operative, you can now take an online course ─ an Australian-first ─ developed by the successful Farming Together program. The Australian Government-backed program has developed the animated guide to help groups...

2 February 2018: Fine wool producers in two states have formed a new co-op, assisted by Farming Together, the highly successful program reshaping how Australian farmers work together. Mid-January saw the official launch of the Australian Ethical Merino Growers Co-op,...

31 January 2018: A garlic-growers co-op, formed through the national Farming Together program, has just dispatched its largest-ever bulk order, at prices more than double the prevailing wholesale price. The Braidwood Garlic Growers delivered the 100kg consignment to a...

29 January 2018: Mustard is the queen of spice … and central-west NSW is its heartland. Farmers can learn more about this drought-tolerant GM free oilseed crop at the free ‘Yandilla Mustard Growers Roadshow’ next month. Yandilla Mustard co-op is expecting more than...

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