Many of us enjoy a glass of orange juice with breakfast, add rice to an evening meal or snack on almonds throughout the day. These foods have become such familiar parts of everyday life that we rarely stop to think about where they come from or how many people have contributed to producing them.
For many visitors to the Riverina, seeing cotton growing in the paddock is an impressive experience. During the warmer months the plants develop into broad fields before producing the familiar white fibre that signals harvest is approaching. Yet one of the most common questions we hear is not about growing cotton at all. It
People visiting the Riverina for the first time are often surprised by the scale and diversity of agriculture they encounter. Within a relatively short drive they may pass rice fields, citrus orchards, vineyards, cotton, almonds, vegetables, grain crops and livestock enterprises. One of the questions we are asked most frequently is, “How is it
For many people, a farm tour begins with a simple curiosity. They may want to see a cotton crop, learn how rice is grown, understand modern irrigation or visit a citrus orchard in full production. Yet after years of conducting agricultural tours throughout the Riverina and beyond, we have found that visitors rarely talk
The Riverina has long been one of Australia’s most productive agricultural regions, yet for many years it remained something of a hidden gem for domestic travellers. Increasingly, however, Riverina bus tours are helping more Australians discover what locals have known for generations. The Riverina offers far more than wide open spaces. It is a
Agriculture in the Riverina extends well beyond the farm gate. The region also hosts a wide range of food processing industries that transform raw agricultural products into foods consumed across Australia. From Fruit to Juice Large juicing facilities in the Leeton region process citrus and apples in substantial volumes. Juice produced at these plants