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Farmers for Climate Action

Monday, December 04

Keen to be green, but farmers need help to jump knowledge gap

A new report on Australian farmers has shown a huge knowledge gap among farmers around the carbon market and climate change.

How climate change is driving up your grocery bill - report

Australians can expect more expensive groceries and more empty supermarket shelves thanks to climate change, according to new research.

Carbon Market Institute chief John Connor (L) with farmer Peter Yench, who has earned millions for carbon farming through federal government credits. (AAP Image/Supplied by Carbon Market Institute)

Carbon copy: How Qld scheme planted the seed for money to grow on trees

The Federal Government wants to reward farmers with cash payments for improving their environmental performance, cultivating an idea that germinated in Queensland.

One year on, fears grow of another potential Queensland inferno

Tinder-dry Queensland sits on the edge of another potential firestorm, just as the state remembers the massive Black Summer fires that engulfed coastal and regional communities one year ago.

Insurance too dear for farmers as climate change ups premiums

Australian farmers are facing increasingly frequent droughts, floods, hailstorms and bushfires. For many, cancelling policies or underinsuring are the only options.