What's Your Beef

As one of our nation's most capped rugby union players, Stephen Moore has graced football fields across the World, representing Australia 129 times, including 24 tests as captain.

After hanging up his boots, Stephen entered the corporate arena, spending three and a half years in senior positions with the North Australia Pastoral Company- or NAPCO and played a big role in putting together the Australian Beef Sustainability framework. He's currently a Principal in the client division of the Queensland Treasury Corporation. In this episode Stephen talks about everything from his proud family heritage, to his passion for the Australian beef industry and the importance of grass roots, country rugby.

Brian Sanders is the film maker behind the feature-length documentary Food Lies and host of the Peak Human podcast. He's also a health coach and co-founded the health education company SAPIEN. Brian is passionate about regenerative agriculture and increased access to well-raised animal products through his company Nose to Tail. He's heading to Australia to be speaker at Beef21 on the issue of Mythbusting in the agricultural arena. Listen here as he explains why he switched careers from mechanical engineering to telling the truth behind the amazing contribution red meat and its production systems make to the planet.

'Fast Ed' Halmagyi is one of Australia's best-loved TV chefs and food authors. He's also the newest member of the team for Beef Australia's Celebrity Chef program! His reputation for transforming elegant restaurant cuisine into recipes anyone can prepare at home means, he's able to showcase beef at every opportunity. In this episode he explains why he's so passionate about Australia's hospitality industry and the excellence of beef product coming from producers.

If you know nothing about genomics, or if you know everything, then this interview is for you! Marina Fortes is a researcher with the Livestock Genomics Group at the University of Queensland. She has a degree in Veterinary Medicine and a master of science in animal reproduction from the University of Soa Paulo, Brazil. She then completed her PhD in genetics at the University of Queensland and has held prestigious scholarships from UQ and the Beef CRC. In this interview she takes host Jayne Cuddihy through the fascinating work being done in paddocks across Australia and the repercussions for a stronger, more sustainable industry into the future. She also has an amazing story of her own- from growing up in the overcrowded cities of Brazil, to her move to Australia for love and the sacrifices she made to follow her dream. In this case, it included counting fleas!

Owen Gwilliam is a self-confessed beef enthusiast and modern pioneer of the Australian organic industry. He's been working in the certified organic industry for 20 years, having provided auditing, training and consulting services to farmers in 15 countries, putting him in the perfect position to be the 'technical guy' at the peak body for organic farmers and handlers- Australian Organic Limited. On a personal level- he's also eats a carnivore diet for health reasons and is a passionate advocate for the Australian beef industry.

The Mackenzie grazing history started in 1884, when Robert's grandfather and aunties started raising cattle in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales. Robert, a fourth generation grazier is carrying on the legacy with his father Bruce and two sons James and Jack. They sell a premium branded beef product- Macka's- born because of the family's dedication to quality from paddock to plate! In this episode Robert takes host Jayne Cuddihy through the incredible journey of setting up his beef brand, their commitment to supporting their local community and what's on the menu when international guests pop in for dinner at their Hunter Valley property.

The Sinnamon family have been stalwarts of the Queensland beef industry for generations; a love of the Santa Gertrudis breed running strong.

Rob Sinnamon hasn't missed a Beef Australia event since it's inception and could possibly win the prize for being one of the event's most passionate fans.

Now as the General Manager Yugilbar Pastoral Company, he is lucky enough to not only breed cattle as his day job, but as a hobby too, as his wife Lorraine and son Andrew run Robbenlea Santa Gertrudis.

Angus Street is the CEO of AuctionsPlus- Australia's most trusted online auction platform for agricultural and livestock sales. Angus is also a journalist, a marketing and communications professional, has worked for various industry body groups in a plethora of positions, including policy and finance, and started his own businesses. He's also thrown his hat in the ring for a number of roles with Beef Australia including sitting on the Next Gen committee, Beef Promotion Committee and this year he's a mentor in the Graeme Acton Beef Connections program. In this episode he tells Jayne Cuddihy about how hitting a low point in his life, drastically changed his direction for good and how country music is the key to business success!

Mark Harvey-Sutton is CEO of the Australian Livestock Exporters Council. His career has been varied in that he's worked for the Sheep Meat Council of Australia (now Sheep Producers Australia) and the Cattle Council of Australia as a policy director, as well as the Agriculture Department and other policy roles. There's not a lot about the fine print he doesn't know. In this episode he takes a candid approach to what the industry learned following the shock of the 2011 live export ban. He showcases the benefit of the production system to many international communities and how Australia can claim to be World leaders in animal welfare practises.

Trent Thorne is one of those characters of the Australian beef industry that is hidden in plain sight! With a terrific sense of humour and quick wit, it seemed a shame to limit his stories to the length of a podcast episode! By his own admission, his introduction to university involved too much of 'the good life'. Jackarooing in the Top End bought him back to reality and Trent went on to a tremendous career as special council for McCullough Robertson lawyers in Brisbane, specialising in agriculture. In this episode he talks about his foray into the Twitter sphere- namely off the back of the 2011 live export ban and some insights into some of the big issues in the Australian beef industry in 2021. And perhaps most importantly he gives a sneak preview into what we can expect from the Symposium at Beef21!