Take a drive in Australia during summer and you’ll see a common sight on dairy or beef or sheep farms – animals sheltering under the few available trees. With our climate warming every year, trees play a vital role in keeping temperatures down. The temperature under a tree can be 11°C to 25°C cooler than …
Limeburners Creek is a quiet tributary of the Hastings River on the New South Wales mid north coast. Near the junction of the creek and river, sticks mark the location of an abandoned oyster farm. Near the shore, rocks have been stacked to create a rustic landing. At low tide, these rocks are exposed. Amongst …
Derek and Jess live in an inner-city apartment. At 145 square metres, it’s slightly bigger than the Australian average of 137 square metres. But not a whole lot bigger. They don’t have kids. They do have a cat named Molly. So far, nothing out of the ordinary. However, it might surprise you to learn that …
We describe IIF as share farming for the 21st century. So, what exactly is share farming? And how does our version of it differ? The earliest records of a system of share farming date back to ancient Egypt, with sharecropping contracts dating from about 600BC. Under Egyptian law (and later under Roman law), a farmer …
How is this possible? History shows that some things, whilst not immune to recession, aren’t slaves to it. One of these things is food – and by extension, farming. In the past year, the ASX200 fell 4.6% and the NYSE fell 11%. Over the same period, food prices rose an average of 9%. Food is …
How much of what you spend on Australian-grown food benefits Australian farmers, and how much goes into foreign pockets?
When you spend any time in regional Australian towns and conversation turns to the town’s future, there’s a recurring theme. The brain drain.
This is Jemma. Jemma’s in shock. Jemma has just discovered that her superannuation is invested in some of the companies she criticises on social media.
Four years ago, the Financial Services Royal Commission exposed what many farmers already knew. Banks don’t get farming.