Country Breakfast

This week, how do we reduce plastic use without causing extra food waste; and how one dairy business has changed how it operates to stay strong in business.

Love of the game sees rugby player taking to the field for more than 70 years; sculptor working with timber salvaged after cyclone; community sewing project forging local connections; market gardener aiming for tastiest produce.

This week we explore the potential for micro-grids on farms; and find out how technology is transforming one of the country's oldest pastoral stations.

A vintage Volkswagen Kombi van returned to its former glory with meticulous detail; rare tractor pulls crowds of onlookers; mother and daughter team finding success in working dog trial competitions and orchardists open up their farm for tourists to pick their own persimmons.

Rain drenches parched outback; glyphosate damages awarded in the US; Melbourne's future food bowl under scrutiny.

The booming demand for hemp seeds is opening up new opportunities for Tasmania farmers and traditional owners from the Murray-Darling Basin travel to WA to offer advice to aboriginal leaders along the Fitzroy River, as the WA government ponders plans to allow irrigation development.