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Duncan Garvey shares his journey from founding the Australian black truffle Industry to creating Tasmania’s leading online gourmet food business. Tasmanian Gourmet Online – delivering a taste of Tasmania to homes across Australia. It began in the garage with just two products. Now the family owned business works with 180 producers, offering 1800 products online. […]
Read MoreCaring for soil brings benefits to produce and human health. A podcast on ABC Radio National’s Science Show .https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/scienceshow/caring-for-soil-brings-great-benefit-to-produce-and-human-health/105139756 Grounded was an event in Tasmania hosted by Matthew Evans, a chef and food writer famous for explaining the richness and importance of soil. A handful of damp earth from a decent farm may contain more […]
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A lively debate featuring far reaching topics from the science of salmon farming, Tasmania’s 15 year delay in the State of the Environment Report, the Impact of AI and social media on young peoples neurological development, the impact of corporate funding on research and Tim Wolz’s style in the classroom.
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It was so wonderful today when when the truffles arrived. The perfume was powerful. The aroma always fills me with a frisson of excitement. The season is really in full swing now, and its a very good one because of the dry and cool conditions leading into it. There is something so exciting about seeing […]
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The endangered Maugean Skate has lived since the time of the dinosaurs. An expansion in salmon farming in its only home – Macquarie Harbour on Tasmania’s west coast – led to a crash in dissolved oxygen. Since then its population has plummeted, juveniles are hard to find and it is struggling to breathe. Listen to the podcast or read the transcript.
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Tonight Dr Lisa Ann Gershwin and I launched this magnificent book on the most mysterious creatures of the deep sea. It is a breathtaking collection of photographs and expert commentary on 100 of the most fascinating species of jellyfish. The bar scene in Star Wars has nothing on these jellies. Lisa has the most incredible […]
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The Australian Government’s First Low Emissions Technology Statement has named soil carbon as one of five priority technologies. It’s set a stretch goal to cut soil sampling costs by 90 percent which would transform the economics of soil carbon projects for farmers.
Read MoreAlexandra de Blas takes us to a Victorian farm where soils are being used to trap carbon, degraded soils are being restored with multi-cropping, and a new approach to grazing is allowing plants to collect carbon and deposit it deep in the soil.
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