Industry Information

This page is for our local producers who sell quality fresh local produce for local people.

Tasmania's lush pastures and rugged coastlines produce some of the best food and drink in the world. The magnificent flavours, the best cheeses, meats, fruit, bread, vegetables, preserves and much more.

Producers and suppliers can promote their products and services through this page so you can meet the people who grow and support those making high quality Tasmanian produce.

For advertising rates contact an Executive Member or web administrator.

Agriculture is an important contributor to the Tasmanian economy. The direct farm gate contribution of agriculture is around 5% of Gross State Product and 6% of total state employment. When agriculture’s post farm gate activity is added, the contribution to the economy increases to 16% of Gross State Product and 20% of state employment.

Our agriculture industry is a major contributor to our regional communities. Tasmania Women in Agriculture members contribute in a diverse way to the sector whether it is living and working in our rural communities, or a direct contributor as a producer, employee, service provider etc. We are a sustainable industry that will continue to have an important role in our state's future.

Kids Farm Safety Day Resource Information

Are you looking for a successful community event to organise in 2009?  Coordinating a Kids Farm Safety Day can be a great way to bring the farming community together.

Did you know that around 20 children under 15 years are fatally injured on an Australian farm every year and many more are hospitalised or treated by general practitioners across rural Australia (Source:  Farmsafe Australia visit www.farmsafe.org.au).

Here are the guidelines to hold a "Look Out - Kids About" Kids Farm Safety Day

⇒Example of Kids Farm Safety Day Promotional Flyer

⇒Example of Kids Farm Safety Day give-away poster

⇒Kids Farm Safety Day Guidelines

⇒Example of Program for Kids Farm Safety Day

Women working in rural and regional industries in Tasmania

The Department of Primary Industries and Water has recently established a database that provides information for individuals, industry and business to network with rural women around Tasmania, share knowledge, skills and practices and to keep up with developments and trends in their business operations. 

If you would like to find out about the achievements of rural women in Tasmania or contribute to the growing database, then click here

Climate Change

Are you concerned about the environment and the effects of climate change, but think it is such a big issue that you can't do anything about it? Think again

There are many resources available on climate change related issues and you can link to these via this link for farm aspects or this site for making changes in your personal life to live more sustainably. 

This site is one of many provides a carbon footprint indicator.  We like it because you can adapt it to an Australian lifestyle and It is pretty simple.  You can then elect to offset the emissions or read about alternatives.

Farmers have asked for seasonal forecasting products and the Bureau of Meteorology have been working with the national Managing Climate Variability (MCV) program to make seasonal forecasts more reliable, more useful and more accessible to farmers.    Two new educational products have been launched www.managingclimate.gov.au.  The Managing Climate website can provide farmers with practical tools to incorporate climate information into farm business decisions.

"If we act with principle and vision, our actions may be amplified beyond our dreams.  If we act in accordance with our deepest intuitions, we do not act in vain"

 Professor Dexter Dunphy