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farming
Essays & reportage
What do we really want from farmers?
Gabrielle Chan
10 September 2021
Farming could be part of the solution to many of Australia’s problems
Essays & reportage
Bitter harvest
Hamish McDonald
28 May 2021
The pandemic has increased the bargaining power of seasonal workers in rural Australia. But how long will that last?
Essays & reportage
Politics and water do mix
Margaret Simons
25 June 2020
Australia lacks solid data about water availability and usage — and that has implications for the next federal election
International
Smart harvest
Nic Maclellan
11 June 2020
Pacific islanders are responding to disruptions to food security with cultural solidarity and new technology
International
How not to feed America
Lesley Russell
11 June 2020
Has the Trump administration turned the pandemic into a food crisis?
National affairs
Why has the Darling dried up?
David Lewis & John Langford
8 May 2019
“Watergate” is the tip of a much bigger scandal in the Murray–Darling’s northern basin
Essays & reportage
“No triple bypass, no miracle cure, just a long haul back”
Cameron Muir
9 October 2014
It’s clear that thirsty cotton doesn’t fit well into the Australian environment, writes
Cameron Muir
. But have the lessons of recent decades really sunk in?
National affairs
How to help farmers to help the reef
Amanda Cornwall
2 September 2013
Reef Rescue needs to focus on measures that really do improve water quality, says
Amanda Cornwall
. That means learning from other successful schemes
Books & arts
Lessons from Lanark
Cameron Muir
10 November 2010
John Fenton pioneered an innovative approach to ecological farming, writes
Cameron Muir