Co-operative FarmingWelcome back to the podcast series from the farming front line. Meet the Co-op Farmers. It’s our second season and this time we’re going wider and digging deeper to uncover more great stories of co-operation in regional Australia. We’ll not only be talking to the farmers, fishers and foresters who put the food on our table and get the wood to the mill. We’re going to look at what’s driving a rediscovery and take up of this tried and tested model of doing business together. Along the way, you’ll meet people across our rural communities working together to overcome disasters and crisis and plan for a better future. It’s truly inspiring.
Rural journalist Michael Cavanagh caught up with the Sea Lake Hotel Co-operative Limited’s chair, John Clohesy and secretary, Alison McClelland.
Michael Cavanagh talks to Tim Scholz, farmer and director and chief executive officer of EPCBH and principal of stakeholder engagement with mining company Iron Road.
Rural journalist Michael Cavanagh talks to Peter Fraser, President of Community Energy 4 Goulburn (CE4G) and board member of Goulburn Community Energy Co-op.
Rural journalist Michael Cavanagh talks with Rabobank’s Marc Oostdijk to find more about this bank with a big heart for farming and farmers.
One of Australia’s longest-running co-operatives, the Killarney Co-op, serves the residents of the Queensland town of Warwick and its surrounds.
Transforming a defunct abattoir into the hub for a meat co-operative on South Australia’s Fleurieu Peninsula.
Cootamundra resident Leigh Bowden shares with Michael Cavanagh the current progress of the Cootamundra District Co-op, as well as the highs and lows involved in pioneering a co-op.
It’s our second season and this time we’re going wider and digging deeper to uncover more great stories of co-operation in regional Australia.
Marquis Macadamias CEO Larry McHugh takes us on a fascinating farming journey on the far north coast of Australia.