Oct 27, 2025

[Re]Generation Fellow | Ivy McGufficke | Agriculture, Education, Fellowship, News

Ivy grew up in a tight-knit farming family on the Monaro Plains of NSW, and spent her childhood running amongst the merino sheep that have sustained her family for four generations.

Sep 17, 2025

Podcast | Paddock, Plate & Planet | Climate, Community, Food, People, Podcasts, Sustainability

Our new podcast will bring fresh voices and grounded stories to the big questions of food, farming and climate change

Sep 15, 2025

Jody fought drought for 20 years and now, her worst fears are confirmed | Climate, Media, People, Politics, Sustainability

When Jody Brown finished high school in 2001 and started working full-time on her family’s station outside Longreach, the weather itself seemed to turn on western Queensland, where a drought took hold...

Sep 15, 2025

Changing Australia: Bernie Shakeshaft and getting at-risk youths back on track | Community, Media, People, Sustainability

While some regions respond to rising youth crime with tougher laws, others take a different path - one built on support, opportunity, and second chances.

Sep 15, 2025

Australia’s first report on food procurement opportunities | Community, Food, People, Policy, Politics, Sustainability

Macdoch Foundation has commissioned a team of Australia’s finest food systems experts to comprehensively map and size institutional food procurement opportunities across Australia for the first time.

Aug 08, 2025

Small Australian farmers are warning we’re on the verge of a meat crisis | Media

Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance called for urgent action following a wave of medium-scale abattoir closures across Australia. A new report highlighted the risks to national food security calling...

Apr 29, 2025

Rethinking Climate and Agriculture | Climate, Events, Food, People, Sustainability

Macdoch Foundation CEO Michelle Gortan joined panellists at EvokeAG 2025, on ‘Can Agriculture Save Our Climate?’. She argued the real question is how climate action can save farmers.

Apr 10, 2025

Australian banks resist Trump-era climate retreat | Global, Politics

The World Benchmarking Alliance, has established a hub Australia. Executive Director Gerbrand Havercamp told Capital Brief that Australian companies are outperforming global peers in Scope 1 and 2 emi...