My stories have appeared in Ethical Investor, Australian Anthill, Good Fruit & Vegetables, Australian Farm Journal, Australian Horticulture, Process & Control Engineering, Australian Geographic Online, G Online and Sydney Alumni Magazine. I have also placed opinion pieces on Fairfax's National Times website, and with Crikey.
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Good Fruit and Vegetables is a publication of Rural Press, Australia's largest publisher of regional and agricultural news and information. |
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September 2011 SA stalwart honouredCherry grower Bill Bishop was awarded life membership to Cherry Growers Australia at the recent National Cherry Conference in Adelaide. |
Ethical Investor sets the agenda, facilitates thought-leadership and builds audiences for Australian business and investors in the sustainability arena. |
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October 2010 Biofuel start-up prepares to bloomAlgae is a fresh option for biofuel: it lets refiners bypass food crops and capture tons of CO2 for such emitters as power stations. Profile of Perth-based company Algae.Tec by Matthew da Silva. |
G Magazine, Australia's #1 consumer sustainability title, operates G Online. |
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May 2010 A salty problem for urban housesThe Murray-Darling River Basin has had its fair share of salinity problems, but it seems that salty issues are affecting homes as well. Houses in city areas are at risk of something called 'urban salinity', a salty problem that could, like a cancer, spread through the foundations of homes. |
Australian Farm Journal, a Rural Press publication, is the nation's farm business magazine. |
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September 2011 Wheat quality rewards good for poolsWheat quality rewards programs have returned as a promotional tool for pool operators. And for cash purchases prices are set based on meeting different grade specs. So is the wheat industry serious about lifting grain quality or are rewards a marketing gimmick? Matthew da Silva investigates. |
Australian Horticulture, a Rural Press publication, has been serving the ornamental horticultural industry since 1903. |
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April 2011 Organics for beginnersThe enterprising Deni McKenzie, of Tumbalala, a property 21km outside Uralla in New England, is passionate about organic gardening. She has developed a novel method of organising seeds in a handy box. |
