Ashbern Farms has seen their hard work and exceptional organic on-farm practices recognised by Australian Organic, with co-owner Brendon Hoyle being named as the 2022 Australian Organic Farmer of the Year.

Row upon row of pineapples line up, pointing high toward the clouds on what is a cold, drab day at Pine-Co on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. In the distance, the Glass House Mountains shoot skyward.

Samboy, Thins, Kettle Chips and Natural Chip Company; the snacks that go crunch in your mouth and keep you coming back for more.

Had you asked Lachlan and Annaleise Donovan 25 years ago if they’d be running a thriving horticulture enterprise employing over 100 people, forging export opportunities, and managing ten avocado orchards, they might have laughed you out the door.

Granite Belt farming enterprise, Taylor Family Produce, has been growing vegetables in Queensland for over a century. Today the business grows iceberg and cos lettuce, celery, silverbeet, wombok cabbage and cauliflower across 344 hectares of land spanning two locations.

Bellenden Ker exotic tropical fruit grower, Josh Maunder is forging a new direction for the industry investigating improved methods of production centered around cyclone resilience, production capacity and profitability.

The Australian pineapple industry is taking a proactive approach to improving environmental outcomes and enterprise sustainability with a number of industry-led research and development trials currently underway across the state.