Tony Briscoe

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Rural Reporter at ABC News (Australia)

Host at Tasmanian Country Hour

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Fifty years of poppy growing in Tasmania - ABC listen

3 days ago | abc.net.au | Laurissa Smith |Tony Briscoe

The push for pharmaceuticals to combat diabetes and weight loss is leading to a revival of the poppy industry in Tasmania. It's been a fairly turbulent time for Tasmania's poppy industry in the last decade, as the industry celebrates a significant milestone.
Calls for irrigation from Colebrook farmers

5 days ago | abc.net.au | Tony Briscoe

Farmers in the Colebrook area of Tasmania are campaigning for the Greater South East Irrigation Scheme to include their properties in the quest for water to drought proof their farms. The local farmers met this week to endorse a plan to try and get irrigation water to the area, which so far has no irrigation in the planning for the extension to what will be the biggest Irrigation Scheme in the state.
L.A. County finds high lead levels in soil on properties already cleaned by Army Corps

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Tony Briscoe |Hayley Smith

New soil testing by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has found high levels of lead and other toxic metals at homes destroyed by January's catastrophic wildfires and cleared by federal cleanup crews. The county health department hired Roux Associates Inc. to conduct soil sampling at 30 homesites that had been cleaned up by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — the federal agency leading debris-removal operations for the Eaton and Palisades wildfires.
L.A. County finds high lead levels in soil on properties already cleaned by Army Corps

6 days ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Tony Briscoe |Hayley Smith

New soil testing by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has found high levels of lead and other toxic metals at homes destroyed by January's catastrophic wildfires and cleared by federal cleanup crews. The county health department hired Roux Associates Inc. to conduct soil sampling at 30 homesites that had been cleaned up by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — the federal agency leading debris-removal operations for the Eaton and Palisades wildfires.
Record Hazelnut harvest - ABC listen

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Laurissa Smith |Tony Briscoe

About a year ago, the owners of Hazelbrae , a hazelnut farm in Tasmania's north was on the market. Now, the team have just harvested their biggest ever yield. and are looking to the future.. Reporter Laurissa smith headed on over to the Hagley orchard to chat with Christie McLeod about what's changed, and their strengthened focus on online sales.
The L.A. wildfires left lead and other toxins in the soil of burn zones. Here are their health risks

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Tony Briscoe |Noah Haggerty |Hayley Smith

The L.A. wildfires left lead and other toxins in the soil of burn zones. Here are their health risksThe Eaton and Palisades fires released mountains of hazardous material as flames chewed through old homes layered with lead paint and asbestos, kitchen cabinets filled with cleaning solutions, and cars, microwaves and other electronic devices filled with heavy metals.
How we tested the soil in Altadena and Pacific Palisades

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Tony Briscoe |Noah Haggerty |Hayley Smith

Over three days in late March, four Los Angeles Times environment reporters and an editor fanned out across the Eaton and Palisades burn scars to collect 40 soil samples from residential properties: 10 in each burn area from properties where debris removal was completed by the Army Corps of Engineers and 10 in each burn area from the yards of standing homes.
Helping farmers build a stronger business model

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Tony Briscoe

More than 60 farms across Tasmania are taking part in a Government funded program to make their properties and farm business more resilient in times of hardship. The program comes at a time when many farmers in the state are struggling with the lack of rainfall heading into the winter months.
Agri tourism on the go at one Coal River Valley Vineyard

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Tony Briscoe

Let's head to the Coal River valley where a new vineyard operation is pushing forward with an agritourism venture after recently opening a cellar doorThe Caledon Vineyard has been a labour of love for a couple who relocated from the mainland to plant the grapes in 2019, just before Covid. Tony Briscoe visited the cellar door to find out more.
Harvest time is family and friends time

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Laurissa Smith |Tony Briscoe

As Tasmanian vineyards turn shades of bronze and gold, it marks the tail end of what's been a bumper vintage across the state. For Matt and Shelley Grant at Eversley Vines, their harvest wouldn't be possible without the help of nearly 40 friends and family to pick their crop. Laurissa Smith called into the boutique property, nestled in a secluded valley at Legana, in the Tamar Valley. Legana, Viticulture, Crop Harvesting, Agricultural Marketing, Agricultural and Farming Practice