Episodes
ABC Radio's Country Breakfast is an entertaining look at rural and regional issues around Australia.
Published 05/03/24
Published 05/03/24
Growing some of Australia's oldest plants in vertical farms & fighting fungi among the passionfruit vines.
Published 04/26/24
This week Country Breakfast takes you to the Future Ag expo in Melbourne, to talk ag tech, automation and how we'll produce food in the future.
Published 04/19/24
This week we look at a big fight brewing over the Great Artesian Basin, plus rural news and more.
Published 04/12/24
ABC Radio's Country Breakfast is an entertaining look at rural and regional issues around Australia.
Published 04/05/24
What's keeping our food waste production so high, and the activists behind a push to crack down on fast fashion.
Published 03/29/24
Returning rare artefacts to Traditional Owners, the community spirit keeping an all-female vet clinic running, rural news and more.
Published 03/22/24
This week we discuss increasing global food security concerns and Australia's first gluten free oat brand.
Published 03/15/24
This week: improving Indonesian food security and Queensland fishermen continue to speak out against new regulations.
Published 03/08/24
This week we look at how primary producers are responding to regulations; as Queensland fishermen face a looming phase out of gillnets and a UK dairy family uproot their lives to move to Tasmania in response to onerous regulations in their home country.
Published 03/01/24
This week we look why Australian supermarket dairy isles, and despair among wine grape growers in the country's largest growing region.
Published 02/23/24
Published 02/16/24
This week we ask why there's so much imported honey being sold in Australia, and what role Australian research can play in tackling Asia's most persistent food security concerns.
Published 02/09/24
ABC Radio's Country Breakfast is an entertaining look at rural and regional issues around Australia.
Published 02/02/24
ABC Radio's Country Breakfast is an entertaining look at rural and regional issues around Australia.
Published 01/26/24
ABC Radio's Country Breakfast is an entertaining look at rural and regional issues around Australia.
Published 12/15/23
Why removing best before dates on certain types of fresh produce could help halve food waste and researchers highlight Australia's poor knowledge of our local bee species.
Published 12/08/23
This week a leading CEO on managing a billion dollar diversified agribusiness and a renowned grain breeders call for more innovation.
Published 11/24/23
This week we visit the front line of the fight against African Swim Fever in Timor Leste.
Published 11/17/23
A daring escape from the jaws of a 3.2 saltwater crocodile and a look at what's behind the continuing expansion of plant-based alternative dairy products
Published 11/10/23
This week a tale of two oils; the sad fate of Australia's safflower crop, and the roaring success of Australia's homegrown olive oil industry.
Published 11/03/23
On the show this week, why the market for sheepskins has tanked, and what the French can teach Australian winemakers about protecting the unique aspects of their wine regions.
Published 10/27/23
This week we visit to Otways, where feral deer and pigs are causing huge amounts of environmental and economic damage.
Published 10/13/23
This week we discuss soil carbon projects, and why some of our best soil and agricultural scientists have serious concerns about how they're being run in Australia.
Published 10/06/23