Cake and muffin mix, cereal drinks and protein shakes will leave the Lockyer Valley food bowl when an organic grain company expands its operations.
Growing up working alongside her father in the beef industry, Louisa Backus knew she wanted to create the same lifestyle for her children one day.
A truck piled with hefty watermelons parked beside the highway near Charters Towers stands as a sample of the hundreds of acres of fresh produce grown at North Queensland’s Black River Produce.
The northern end of St George’s iconic Beardmore Dam stretches into the distance from view of Colin and Amanda Stewart’s farm house.
From the front porch of their cottage home in the idyllic Scenic Rim, Scott and Helen Drynan watch the chance they took on a new primary production industry two years ago pay off - they’re watching grass grow.
Passion, determination and three generations of family guidance matched with succession planning were the ingredients Joe and Monique Moreno needed to turn an unlikely lifestyle into a successful farming business.
Safely outside the cattle yards, little Mack watches as his mum and dad work livestock on the other side of the fence; drafting and counting them before loading the truck ready for sale.
As consumer demand for fresh produce increases and weather becomes more unreliable, horticulture producers are turning to protective cropping methods to gain greater control.
Glasshouse Mountains nursery grower Josh Waterworth has dedicated years to perfecting his primary production enterprise, mitigating his business against external risks from weather to biosecurity, and establishing a name for himself as Waterworths Nursery.
Chilli, herb and avocado mash fresh from Queensland farms will be available in Australia when a Bundaberg company invests in new infrastructure to process produce.