Lloyd Polkinghorne, The Koondrook and Barham Bridge Newspaper
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The Koondrook and Barham Bridge Newspaper, 27 February 2025
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High hopes for hemp
Local producers flocked to the farm of Michael and Felicia Chalmers this week to check out a towering three-and-a-half-metre-tall crop of hemp. “I became aware that Murray Industrial Hemp (MIH), through Western Murray Land Improvement Group, was looking for farmers to have a go at growing some hemp as a trial,” said Michael Chalmers when questioned “Why hemp?”
Barrage of lies
When South Australians were trying to turn their estuary into a freshwater dam in the 1940’s, the Mulloway natural migration was devastated. Now, Australia’s only freshwater estuary hangs like a noose around the neck of the Murray Darling Basin, consuming huge volumes of freshwater to raise an artificial lake height for yachting, and an attempt to dilute the Southern Ocean, under the fundamentally flawed Murray Darling Basin Plan.
The Koondrook and Barham Bridge Newspaper, 20 February 2025
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The Koondrook and Barham Bridge Newspaper, 13 February 2025
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The Koondrook and Barham Bridge Newspaper, 6 February 2025
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Investors see a future in hemp
Murray Industrial Hemp has attracted initial investors with limited spots left for those who see a bright future in building products made from the miracle plant.
The Koondrook and Barham Bridge Newspaper, 30 January 2025
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MRC Citizen of the Year Alan Fielding
Moving to Moulamein from Sydney seven years ago Alan and Sue Fielding embraced rural living ... Not long after moving to Moulamein, a chance meeting with China Gibson saw Alan invited to join the RFS.
The Koondrook and Barham Bridge Newspaper, 23 January 2025
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