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Working dogs, industries and issues
Two weeks ago the Working Dog Alliance held its inaugural conference. I really wish I could have gone – it sounded utterly fascinating, not to mention having a guest speaker from police work (cool!) and the Karen Pryor academy (her … Continue reading
Food provenancing – the forensic traceability of food and drink
This weekend at the crimeScene conference I attended several forensic science sessions along with some fascinating sessions on writing science and accurately conveying the story of science. Most of the sessions related to murders and murder mysteries (OK, guilty pleasure). … Continue reading
Using poo to combat climate change
One of my many early memories of farming practices was going with Mum and Dad to the sludge plant. I was young enough then that I only have fragments of the memory left. Driving up and around the hill to … Continue reading
More on Enrich, the Eureka Prize winners
Back in early September, a collaboration of researchers won the Eureka Prize for Sustainable Agriculture for their body of work on a project called Enrich. Here’s a little more about it. The Enrich project started in 2004 with the aims … Continue reading
Report card for sustainable natural resource use in agriculture in WA
This month the W.A. Department of Agriculture and Food released a report card on the condition of the State’s agricultural area. It summarises the current status and trend of 10 key indicators of land condition. Department Agriculture Resource Risk Management … Continue reading
Fields of Plenty – 2063 Vision of Future Agriculture wins 2013 Food Security Journalism Award
A description of one way a rice farm could look in the future, and the current science and research that would take us into that future, has netted Elizabeth Finkel of Cosmos Magazine the 2013 Food Security Journalism Award. Finkel’s … Continue reading
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Tagged agricultural journalism, awards, food security, research
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Rabbits vs. quolls – an overlooked chapter in our protein history
Every so often I’ll be looking at specifically at protein sources, despite (or because of?) being a plant person through and through. This is not an in depth article on using rabbits as a protein source, though I should do … Continue reading
Posted in Protein profiles, Science and research
Tagged biocontrol, biosecurity, fauna, feral animals, protein, quolls, rabbits, research, wildlife
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