From the pioneering Nichols family who travelled up the Maroochy river to settle at Bli Bli in the late 1800's, Jennifer is a born and bred local who knows and loves her region like few others, and has spent decades exploring it at work and at play.
Her extensive career started in radio and progressed to television working for Channel 7 on the Sunshine Coast, in Perth and in Brisbane before the call of the coast drew her home. Jen loves introducing ABC audiences to the innovative folk working the land and sea to provide us with food. The rural gig is pretty much her dream job and provides plenty of opportunities for her to indulge in her love of photography. If you're a very early riser, you may run into her at a local dog beach with her husband and three rescue pooches on the weekend. She won't be wearing make-up and her hair won't be done.
A former dentist comes up with a $4 storage basket hack to protect the fragile fruit from bruising.
Community effort transforms a degraded waterway, reducing erosion, increasing fish breeding and improving the quality of water that flows into the Great Barrier Reef.
A Queensland family that feared 80 years of dairying would end after a contract was not renewed has been offered a last-minute lifeline.
Invasive flower thrips, detected in Australia for the first time, are destroying millions of dollars' worth of berry crops. The pest could spread to vegetables and flowers, and increase food prices.
The Queensland Strawberry Growers Association president condemns the operators of a former labour hire provider for deliberately falsifying documents and breaching workplace laws.
Despite Queensland importing half its milk, Jason Rozynski fears he will have to slaughter his 600 cows if a processor won't buy his milk.
A Queensland grower of popular supermarket mushrooms says operational costs are too high to make the industry viable.
The avocado industry is experiencing another high-volume crop, but unlike previous years with oversupply, the fruit is finding a market.
Sweet, ripe, juicy strawberries are no longer only red, with novel new white and blush varieties now being grown commercially in Australia.
When Noel and Debbie Granshaw started sowing sunflowers, they had no idea how it would spark joy, connect them with their community, and help improve the lives of people in pain.
Topic: Community and Cultural Events
An unpalatable future has been averted for Australians who love purple-skinned passionfruit, with new research ensuring better prospects for the delicious fruit.
An imported plant pathogen that will spread on the wind is being readied for release against one of Australia's worst weeds.
Bradley and Anne-Marie Pike nearly lost it all in 2018. Instead of dwelling on what was gone, the family used the bushfire that threatened their home and farm as a catalyst to change.
A drone with flapping wings is being trialled to scare away rainbow lorikeets that are eating hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of strawberries.
Australia's largest organic meat company has agreed to buy the family-owned meatworks, subject to conditions and regulatory approvals.
Topic: Food and Beverage Processing Industry
Supermarket milk price rises linked to the war in Iran are predicted in the coming months as hundreds of dairy farmers battling increasing costs receive more for their product.
Researchers hope they have found a way for a fascinating living fossil to once again breed in the Brisbane River, but hunger is making it harder.
Dairy farmers across Australia are battling crippling fuel and fertiliser costs. The industry is now calling for a 30-cent-per-litre rise in milk prices on supermarket shelves.
Australian seafood prices are likely to rise due to fuel supply issues, with some warning that wild-caught seafood could become unaffordable for most.
Topic: Fishing and Aquaculture Industry
Seafood operators are struggling to stay afloat, with the nation's biggest wild-caught tuna and swordfish company confirming it is shutting up shop.
The loss of her best friend to skin cancer and her sister Shona Larkin's melanoma diagnosis motivated Angie Nisbet to tackle the dangers of the harsh Australian sun.
A stand-off over insurance could spell the end of a popular farmers' market operating for free in a council park in south-east Queensland.
The pair were reported missing when they failed to reach their destination while driving north on Tuesday, with police confirming two bodies were found inside their car.
A south-east Queensland farmer has given his drenched working dog puppies a break from relentless rain.
The world's worst honey bee parasite is genetically mutating, becoming resistant to common treatments used to save hives.
