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Of mycelia and men

Step behind the doors of an urban mushroom farm producing 400kg a week of Oyster and exotic mushrooms.

Igniting a slow craft community

On a freezing morning in July, 2022 Launceston creatives Fran Gee and Sabrina Gimpl opened the doors on their first Slow Craft Market.

Piercing eyes of Paris

LOCKING eyes with a surreal creature during a Parisian puppetry festival thousands of kilometres from her Tassie home, artist Fran Reeve-Pal

Gym sharks after dark

AS locations across Tasmania are being transformed into immersive art spaces for Mona Foma, an independent gym in Launceston is preparing

Archie's hazelnuts a family affair

In the heart of Lilydale, farmers Maree and Leigh Arnold have been toiling away over the past five years establishing a hazelnut grove.

A life on the islands

Bruce Bensemann reflects on an eventful life. In nearly 89 years of life, Bruce Bensemann has tried his hand at many things, from work as...

First cry a moment in history

• Nurses Beulah Dunkley, Ann Forsyth nee Arnold, Julia Berwick nee Dolley, Joy Bowen and Sister Maureen Nichols in September 1972. As the...

Max's musical life

• Jetsonville’s Max Hodgetts with his wood working display. Singing was commonplace in the Hodgetts household when Max was young and he...

Lavender legacy’s humble beginnings

• Bridestowe Estate celebrates 100 years of operation. Bridestowe Estate’s purple fields of lavender are now an internationally renowned...

McDougall’s mark on Scottsdale

• Heather McDougall looks back on a busy and fulfilling life If you ask Scottsdale’s Heather McDougall, nursing is one of those things...

Searle underground in Ukraine

• Dr Lisa Searle is providing medical care for displaced civilians in Ukraine. Photo supplied. For the past two months, Lisa Searle has...

Valentinos' vaults

• Valentino Safe Co owners Rudy and Kate Valentino with one of the unique safes in their collection, made between 1840 and 1860. The...

Branxholm's beekeeper

• Larry Steenkamer shares the joy of beekeeping from his Branxholm property. It was purely by chance that Branxholm’s Larry Steenkamer...

Mission to boost soil carbon

• AgriProve soil carbon field officer Theresa Chapman. Photo supplied. Regenerative agriculture is a growing trend across the world and...

Seed library shares the love

• Seed packers Eveline Hermans, Jody Burgess, project coordinator Jo McLauchlan, Barny Cassidy, DCH volunteer Cameron Trevenna, garden...

Marie's reign in Winnaleah

• Marie Rainbow looks back on 80 eventful years of life from her Winnaleah home. After 25 years as a publican at the Winnaleah Hotel,...

Preserved with love

Scottsdale’s Ib Frydendall has recently sold his preserves business, and is enjoying his retirement. Scottsdale’s Ib Frydendall knew...

Waterhouse dairies sold

Waterhouse farmer Roger Bignell with Bulger dairy in the background. Local farmer Roger Bignell has sold Waterhouse Dairies to a Canadian...

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