“I’ve been very lucky all the way along to have really good employers,” says Gippsland dairy farmer, Katherine Byrne. “As an outsider, they have all been very good at teaching me and encouraging me to gain knowledge.” Growing up as...

How do you get into the dairy industry if you’re not from a dairy farming family? Peter Kerr grew up in suburban Melbourne and had family friends in dairy farming. He spent holidays and other free time on the farm....

Strathmerton dairy farmer Greg Brooks likes to look beyond the farmgate and stand up for his industry. Greg feels he has a better understanding of the world around him and his own community after completing the Fairley Leadership Program in...

There are many ways to start out in dairying and so many different career opportunities. Cate Jago, from Bessibelle in SW Victoria, lived next door to a dairy farm when she was growing up. At first she hung around the...

Carlene Dowie @DowieDairyEd Difficult conversations are a critical for industries and people to grow, the Gardiner Dairy Foundation Australian Dairy Leaders Luncheon earlier this year was told. Leadership specialist Anneli Blundell challenged those at the luncheon to not shy away...

Growing up in Ocean Grove, Audrey Kottek knew very little about Australia’s dairy industry and certainly had no inkling of working in it. Today, Audrey has exchanged the sandy beaches of the tourist town for the rolling hills of Korumburra...

In November 2019, with support from Gardiner Dairy Foundation, Amabel Grinter travelled to Nepal for an Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) training program with the European Commission for the control of Foot and Mouth Disease (a division of the Food...

Laura Sutherland loved the freedom of growing up on a dairy farm and wants to give her children the same experience. Laura was raised on a family dairy farm and now lives on the runoff property, five minutes from the...

Seven Tertiary Scholarships have been awarded to students from each of the major Victorian dairy regions who are commencing their first year of tertiary study in 2020. These students have demonstrated sound academic achievement, a commitment to further study and...

Gardiner Dairy Foundation is once again partnering with FRRR to offer grants of up to $5,000 to not-for-profit groups to strengthen small Victorian dairy communities in Gippsland, Northern Victoria and South West Victoria with a total funding pool of $120,000....