Good People to Know

Today on National Ag Day themed ‘Grow you Good Thing’, we celebrate farmers and the incredible contribution they make to the lives of all Australians. Farmers are central to the future of this country and serve as an...

With spring upon us, many regional communities’ thoughts are turning to preparation for bushfire season. With climate change causing an increase in the frequency and severity of bushfires in Australia, there is a...

1820 people have died on Australian farms since 2001. It’s a sobering statistic made worse by the fact that nearly 15% of those deaths were children under 15. This is just one of the statistics raised in the 2024 Safer...

Last month over 120,000 people from around Australia and the world descended on Rockhampton for Beef Week - a wonderful reflection of the strength and scale of agriculture in Australia. With red meat production...

Whether it’s macadamia nuts, kakadu plums, bush tomatoes or lemon myrtle, native Australian ingredients are having a real moment. But did you know that Australia is also home to a variety of traditional grains used in...

With women officially representing 33% of the workforce according to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES), Australian Agriculture is an industry that has historically...

In this episode, Andrew Beer chats with GIVIT CEO Sarah Tennant, about how GIVIT is helping Australians who have been impacted by natural disasters. Disclaimer: WFI’s parent company IAG, is the National Disaster and...

In our last season we spoke at length about the increasing frequency and severity of weather events due to climate change, and it’s a topic that regularly comes up when talking to our farming communities. With natural...

In October the National Farmers Federation held their annual conference where the theme was ‘Australia to the World’. With around 70% of Australia’s produce being exported, it’s an important topic to Aussie farmers. We...

This is the final episode of the first season of Good People to Know. We would be very interested in your thoughts on the first season and would love to know what other topics or initiatives you would like to see in the...

Roughly one in five Australians will experience a mental health condition at some point in their lives – a statistic that’s true for the city and the bush. But it has been suggested that mental health conditions in...

Australian farms consistently top the list of most unsafe workplaces in Australia, with roughly one in six people killed on the job in Australia working on a farm. Andrew chats with John Darcy from the Victorian Farmers...

Traditionally farms get passed on from generation to generation, but with many farmers not having children to pass their farm onto, the average Australian farmer is now in their 50s leading to economic and social...

The development and adoption of new technology on farms is touted is one of the key drivers in the National Farmers Federation’s 2030 Roadmap. To demonstrate the future of farming through robotics and artificial...

In today’s episode Andrew digs into Australia’s emerging carbon economy and what’s in it for farmers with Professor David Lamb - Chief Scientist at Food Agility and Adjunct Professor at University of New England (AU)...