Not-for-profit organisation Young Farmers Connect provides resources, mentoring and a community of support to new farmers getting started on the land.
Land is scarce and expensive, and farms are often handed down through family, making it difficult for novices to get a start in agriculture.After years of working in the corporate sector, Mr Orchard wanted to farm and moved to the Northern Rivers in New South Wales, but found he needed more than willingness and drive to make it in the industry.
"There was a whole heap of other young people scratching their heads going, 'How do we do this?'" Joel said. Alex and Tara are both from non-farming backgrounds but that didn't stop them from wanting to give it a crack."That can be really inspiring, talking about the value adding and not even just value adding, but just how to make your product financially viable," said Tara Luca.
Kate Keating is a chapter coordinator in South East Queensland, and on a cold day in July, she organised an event in Queensland's Scenic Rim. Hosting the field day is Marcos 'Curly' Malaxetxebarria, a former roofer, turned farmer and inventor. He got involved with Young Farmers Connect in its early days when Mr Orchard reached out.
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