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Gulf Savannah NRM's first Orchard Resilience field day drew growers, industry and researchers to JB Citrus at Dimbulah on 11 August, for a hands-on look at the living side of soil.  The day, part of the Tropical Roots Grower Program, was facilitated by Will Higham of Farmacist and headlined by guest speaker Marco Giorgio Rego, Head Agronomist with Nutri-Tech Solutions. . 

As conversations around fire management evolve, cultural burning is increasingly recognised as an important part of caring for Country. Yet despite growing interest, it remains widely misunderstood. For Dr Peta Standley, the conversation is about much more than fire itself. It's about Indigenous leadership, genuine collaboration and creating space for different knowledge systems to work together.

As first light fell from the sky onto the silhouette of Ngarrabullgan (Mount Mulligan), Grandad Desi illuminated the landscape with words that were their own kind of sunrise: evidence of the new day ahead, and full of hope.   

Every native species contributes to the rich tapestry of our natural world, but the reality is that some have an outsized influence on how ecosystems function. While there’s a lot of buzz surrounding pollinators and seed dispersers, predators also occupy a very important space in environmental conservation. The northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus) is certainly no exception. 

While coffee plantations and cattle stations may look very different, the families behind them have discovered that resilience isn't built in isolation. Sometimes, it begins by opening the farm gate and inviting others to experience life on the land, one conversation at a time.

There are few places in the world where you can see commercial food production integrated with a natural, almost native ecosystem. Where cattle are living in harmony with the marsupials, birds, reptiles and insects. But in any given location across the extensive beef grazing region of Northern Australia, this unique system exists.