Vegalogue
A dialogue on research, advocacy and people in the Australian vegetable industry from AUSVEG, Australia's peak industry body for the vegetable, potato and onion sectors.
Vegalogue
Latest Episodes
Advocacy: Farm Safety with Felicity Richards
Every year lives are lost and families are changed forever by incidents on farm.Felicity Richards, Chair of Farmsafe Australia and a beef farmer from Northern Tasmania, brings both lived experience and a national perspective to farm safe...
R&D: New AUSVEG Biosecurity Handbook
Earlier this year AUSVEG released it’s updated Biosecurity Handbook, which provides a guide to how vegetable growers can ensure they’re up to date with the latest industry standards.The Farm Biosecurity Manual has been produced as part o...
R&D: Europe Study Tour to Fruit Logistica & Spain
In February 2026 a group of 13 Australian vegetable growers spent a fortnight in Europe on the first study tour of the year.Led by AUSVEG and supported by Hort Innovation the tour spent the first week in Berlin attending Fruit Logistica,...
Advocacy: Carbon Reporting and Scope 3 for Growers
Carbon reporting and Scope 3 are becoming big topics in the fresh produce supply chain. Claire McClelland and Chris Cosgrove unpack what emissions reporting actually means for horticulture growers and what they need to focus on.Growers c...
R&D: The Open Weed Locator Project in Manjimup, WA
In March 2025 a group of Western Australian vegetable growers, based in the south west of the state began work on developing a low cost, do it yourself, open source weed detection and management tool.Once the growers decided on what they...
