28/08/2026
We spent a day at FarmX last week, and the biggest takeaway wasn't a piece of technology. It was a mindset: take the things you do day in, day out, look at them with new eyes, and share what you learn with the people around you.
A few moments that stuck with us:
Emma Germano on advocacy: farming's story should be told with strength, not sympathy. Farmers are pragmatic people running serious businesses, and they deserve to be spoken to that way.
Katie Nash on community: farming works best when there's a place to belong and people to learn from.
TAS Farm Innovation Hub on planning for climate variability: it's not an operations problem, it's a strategy question, and it starts with protecting the assets your whole business relies on.
And one number we're still thinking about: if every Australian ate one more serve of vegetables a day, it would put around three billion dollars back into the industry, with most of it going straight to farmers. AUSVEG
Thanks to everyone who stopped for a yarn, see you again next year.
TasFarmers