Impact beyond the farm

Growing up on a farm, Michael Gooden knows what it’s like when things get tough on the land.

Seeing paddocks at his family farm being blown away by wind during the Millennium drought, Michael realised he needed to find new ways of managing the land.

Ginny Stevens is the driving force behind Active Farmers.

Growing up on a farm in Tasmania and now living on a farm at Mangoplah, 30kms south of Wagga Wagga, with her husband Andy Ginny knows better than most the challenges farmers face in staying fit and well.

On a continent as dry as Australia, why would farmers grow rice?

That’s a question that’s been posed to Graeme Kruger more than once. Graeme is the Executive Director of the Ricegrowers' Association, a group formed in 1930 by rice farmers pooling their resources to build what is today the Australian owned and operated company, SunRice.

Growing up on a farm, Michael Gooden knows what it’s like when things get tough on the land.

Ginny Stevens is the driving force behind Active Farmers.

On a continent as dry as Australia, why would farmers grow rice?

We pay respect to elders past, present and future and recognise these lands have always been places of traditional healing and medicine, and this plays a role in shaping future health services.

Fostering a welcoming and inclusive space for the rainbow community.