Chris Bishop of Beaupre Farm at Lymington is one of six small scale farmers to be inducted into this year’s Sprout Producers Programme which, in 2021, enters its 10th year.
The Sprout Producer Programme includes a series of educational units, including both on farm and off farm topics, farm field days and mentoring sessions across a 12-month period to support and develop producers to achieve...

Descendants of nearly all of Tasmania’s 15 Victoria Cross (VC) recipients will meet for the first time over lunch, just after ANZAC Day this year.
Originally scheduled to be held last August, the gathering had to be postponed due to COVID-19 public health restrictions.
Since then, the guest list has had to be expanded to include descendants of Teddy Sheean, after he was posthumously awarded...