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Building a Meaningful Career

Many of us are frustrated with our work and careers. This is evidenced by the recent flurry of excitement over ‘Quiet Quitting’ that is driving boomers into a lather. At its core, quiet quitting is the desperate cry of an uninspired and exploited workforce. For too long, employers have failed to provide their workers with […]

How do we lose soil?

We lose 5–10kgs of soil for every meal we eat. Every person, every meal, every day. This works out to around 75 billion tonnes of soil lost every year based on numbers from the US Geological Service. At this rate, we have around 60 years of farmable topsoil left. Within our lifetimes, we will have […]

Embracing Complexity

In late 2021 the Australian vegetable industry invested significant funds to develop a nationally coordinated, regionally delivered extension program known as VegNET. To design a sustainable extension system for a complex, national industry such as vegetables, significant time was invested. An agricultural innovation systems approach was developed to best support grower outcomes. Development and implementation […]