New Traineeship opportunity to cultivate Australia’s chicken meat industry

If you’ve ever enjoyed a juicy piece of chicken, you’re not alone. In fact, the average Australian now consumes a whopping 1kg of chicken every week! To keep up with this growing demand and ensure supply, the AgriFutures Cultivate Traineeship Program is now open to Australian citizens and permanent residents eager for an early career […]

A Communication Pathway to Ag for Development

The Crawford Fund has a commitment in its capacity building and public awareness programs to the importance of communicating the impact of the work of those involved in agricultural R&D to a broad range of non-scientific audiences in funding agencies, other interested stakeholders such as farmers and extension agencies and to the general public through […]

OPPORTUNITY: Cadet Forester Program

The Cadet Forester Program is run by Arbre Forest Industries Training & Careers Hub and has been developed to overcome the shortfall of professional foresters currently needed to work in Tasmania’s forest industry. Participants can undertake the program on an Australian School Based Apprenticeship for year 11 & 12 students, or an adult traineeship for […]

PODCAST: Generation Ag’s Crawford Fund Series

As part of their ACIAR-supported NextGen project in their suite of NextGen activities, The Crawford Fund is bringing you a series on career pathways to ag for development. Working in ag for development has amazing global, national, professional and very personal impacts. You don’t necessarily have to have an ag background to find yourself working […]

An Anthropology ‘People’ Pathway to Ag4Development

As part of their new Career Pathways Campaign, The Crawford Fund is creating blogs, videos and podcasts to highlight the tremendous range and diversity of career pathways to work in agriculture for development. In this blog, Kayla Lochner explains how her interest in people took her from anthropology to ag development. She finishes her blog […]

New Podcast: Future Farmers’ Network ‘Mentor of the Month’

The Future Farmers Network has recently released a new podcast called ‘Mentor of the Month’ which features a different mentor from the agricultural sector each month. Episodes deliver candid conversations with industry leaders designed to help listeners learn about their career journey and their experiences. The first episode features Georgie Aley from KMPG while other […]

Cotton Gap launched for 2020

Cotton Gap, Cotton Australia‘s future-focused industry program connecting school leavers with farmers has launched for 2020 leavers. The program is designed to expose school leavers to the diverse range of careers available in the cotton industry through hands on work placement. Students can choose a placement that they find interesting and can earn a wage […]

Why work in agriculture?

We’ve heard it all before. “Farming is stuck in the dark ages! Farmers don’t use technology!” “You can’t make money farming! It’s an unskilled workforce!” “Farming is a boys club!” The reality to most commonly held beliefs about farmers and agriculture is that they’re simply not true. Farmers use more technology than most other professionals […]

Register now: Online Careers Expo

If you’re despairing at the prospect of not being able to attend a careers expo this year, fear not! RuralBiz Training is holding their annual Online Agricultural Careers Expo on June 23 from 11am to 1pm ACST. The Online Agricultural Careers Expo has been designed for agriculture teachers, primary industries teachers, careers advisors and others […]

WAFarmers Bootcamp to Employment

Are you a young ag enthusiast over 16 years old? If you are willing to live and work in a regional town, have pre-existing knowledge of agricultural machinery application for agronomy, can demonstrate aptitude or interest in technology and/or data management and have a ‘can do’ attitude, you should be applying for the WAFarmers Bootcamp […]

Getting the #nextgen into international agricultural research for development

Nikki Dumbrell, a PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide’s Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR), recently spoke at the Primary Industries Education Foundation Australia’s (PIEFA) Food, Fibre and Foliage Education Roadshow at the Adelaide Showgrounds. Nikki spoke about the opportunities the next generation of scientists have to fight poverty and malnutrition around the […]

Cultivating Confidence – Say ‘Yes’

This opinion piece is part of the Crawford Fund’s ‘NextGen’ program to encourage the next generation in their studies, careers and volunteering in agriculture for development. Jane Alver, ACIAR’s Associate Research Program Manager for Gender, has not had a conventional ‘ag researcher’ path to ag research, but she has some pearls of wisdom for those […]

Looking to have a gap year?

Applications for Cotton Australia’s Cotton Gap program are now open! Cotton Gap is a unique opportunity for school leavers looking for a long-term career in the cotton industry, or those looking for a 12 month, paid gap year. Cotton Gap is an amazing opportunity for school leavers to experience a year, working in unique rural […]

Hay Inc Rural Education Training

Looking to gain agricultural skills and rural education in an on-farm experience? Hay Inc. offers young people the opportunity to experience a range of ‘hands on’ workshops and workplace mentoring, delivered throughout Hay, NSW. These workshops and training modules are delivered by trainers who have years of experience on rural properties. Training modules may include: […]

Let’s celebrate the women who are leading change in food and fibre industries

International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the achievements of women in every area of human endeavour. At PIEFA and Career Harvest we celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women leading the development of food and fibre industries in Australia. More women are taking up the challenge of making a difference […]