Annie Brown

Charlie Dunn is barely a teen but has already found his passion in life, and has been hard at it for the past eight years.

When they are not growing food and raising livestock, Bill Hotson and Courtney Young can be found with brushes in their hands, expressing their deep connection to the country via their art.

Darwin's once numerous flower farmers have shrunk from 40 in the 1980s to five, with those left inching closer to retirement. 

How has fire management changed since that fateful summer four years ago, when bushfires wiped out a third of the softwood forestry plantation in the Snowy Mountains?

Miniature donkeys Pedro and Diego are the two latest additions to Jean Arnold’s home in Cobram, Victoria. With the support of a few dedicated volunteers, Ms Arnold is training her four-legged amigos to be therapy animals in local aged care homes.

A meeting at a Melbourne restaurant 10 years ago has helped open revenue streams for a north-east Victorian cherry grower as he diversifies to lessen the blow of consecutive rough seasons.

The EPA successfully prosecutes a lone company director for failing to clear a massive collection of old tyres it says is a fire risk with potential toxic smoke and air traffic impeded at nearby Albury airport.

Vitasoy Australia chief executive David Tyack predicts the plant-based milk market will continue to grow, noting there hasn’t been a contraction in the past decade.

Shoppers have stopped buying pears in favour of other ready-to-eat alternatives, and now some farmers can't make a living growing the "forgotten fruit".

Eight farmers in the Benalla region are growing gum trees for biotech company Gretals as it researches using pinocembrin as a treatment for neurodegenerative diseases.