In recent years the livestock industry has done brilliantly in reducing antibiotics usage, and all of us in the industry believe the ruminant sector is
Mackayâs pioneers featured in early account of our history An excerpt from The History of Queensland, it s People and Industries, compiled by Matthew Joseph Fox. Picture: Greenmount Homestead.
News Vicky Bowden, Greenmount Homestead 10th Jun 2021 5:00 AM
When I was a child growing up in the early â70s, I remember the door-to-door salesmen who used to come around trying to sell encyclopedias â in particular, the Encyclopedia Britannica. Often this was offered on a subscription basis â taking one volume a month over a period of time â often a couple of years.
That particular publication has been around in various forms since 1768; now in its 15th edition as an online only version.
Nicky and her children ride into Cambridge every morning on their bikes. “The main aim of Ride is to encourage more people to have cycling as part of their life,” Bowden said. “We’re putting more emphasis on that aspect this year, to help improve mental health after the challenging time everyone had in 2020.” Bowden said the event committee had worked with the Mental Health Foundation to see how cycling could help propel people in a better direction. “The foundation has five steps to wellness and the first one is fitness, doing exercise. So we’re asking people to ride a bike as part of their daily lives.