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.
WA is home to Australia’s largest fishery, Geraldton Fishermen’s Co-operative, a full-service operation taking its members’ daily catch of western rock lobsters and transporting them around the globe.
Michael Cavanagh sat down with Colin Dorber, the driving force behind the co-op and a man committed to the future prosperity of the Lockyer Valley region.
Discover how The Casino Food Co-op’s people-first philosophy has allowed them to support their community through this traumatic event.
Discover why member-owned banks are an important part of the Co-operative Farming family, how Summerland’s co-operative values have informed its flood response and why Summerland is optimistic about the future.
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.