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🎓🌾 PIEFA newsletter is here! Lots of exciting events to share 🍎🥦🐝🌱 plus, National Careers Week resources, PL highlights & new food & fibre classroom resources. 👉 buff.ly/fvpksde #PIEFA #AgEducation #NationalCareersWeek

🍎🐝🌾 Discover Food & Fibre Careers this #NationalCareersWeek 🌱🍓 From IT & engineering to #environmentalscience & #marketing, Aus food & fibre industries offer exciting career pathways. 💻🔬🚜 Explore agriculture careers with these resources 📚🎓 ➡️ buff.ly/YvvOJRZ

🌱🎙️ Humans of Agriculture Podcast Spotlight! 🍎 Scott Graham from Barker College, shares how he has built Australia’s largest Year 12 agriculture cohort from a mostly city-based student group. 🌾📚 🎧 Listen now ➡️ buff.ly/88HGJEF #PIEFA #CareerHarvest #AgEducation

🌾 PIEFA attends #Agfest 2026! 🐑🍎 Our CEO, Luciano Mesiti, is showcasing PIEFA’s work while connecting with educators and industry about the importance of #foodandfibreeducation across Tasmania 📚🐝 If you’re attending, make sure you visit the PIEFA stand to say hello! 👋🌱

🥔🧅📚 Teachers, have your say! @Hort_Au and PIEFA will soon deliver curriculum-aligned vegetable resources for Years 7–10. 🌱 👩‍🏫 Teacher Needs Survey If you teach food and fibre content, we’d love your input! 👉 Take the survey: buff.ly/V3IAkS4 #AussieEd

PIEFA is at the Geography Teachers Association NSW & ACT Conference – Making Geography Matter Our CEO, Luciano Mesiti, presenting, visit the PIEFA stand and say hello! We're thrilled to be part of the event and to promote food and fibre education in schools. #PIEFA #AussieEd

📅 6–10 Oct 26 buff.ly/PTsgP2a

🌿 Calling all #agteachers The NSWAAT 2026 Conference is heading to Coffs Harbour. It's an incredible opportunity to connect, learn & explore industry in action. Packed itinerary 👉 Don’t miss this immersive PL experience! 📅 6–10 Oct 26 buff.ly/PTsgP2a

@Hort_Au 🌱 F–6 | 👉 Primary resource: buff.ly/uAlclCm

🌏🌱 Happy Earth Day 2026! Everyday actions in sustainability help protect our planet 🌿 Explore 📚 Pollination to Plate – Science & Sustainability in Horticulture. @Hort_Au & @OzPIEF 🌼 Y7–10 🐝 Pollination, biodiversity & food production 👉 buff.ly/iFrde0Y

💻 Supercharge Term 2 HASS & Science with FREE Smart Farming virtual classrooms! Perfect timing with World Farmers' Day, International Biodiversity Day & World Environment Day 🌏 👩‍🌾 F–6 | Farm life, ag-tech & sustainability 📚 Curriculum-linked | FREE 👉 buff.ly/fY5uEEg

📢 Applications open! @cottonaustralia is offering scholarships to attend the Australian Cotton Conference | Gold Coast, 5–6 Aug 26 🔹 Explore the #cottonindustry 🔹 Discover #careerpathways & curriculum 🔹 Connect with industry 🗓 Apply by 26 June 👉 buff.ly/JMOfvCO

📬 PIEFA’s April newsletter is here! 🎡 Sydney Royal Easter Show highlights 🌱 Healthy Living Soils (Years 7–10) 🎓 Teacher PD + more to come 👉 Read more: buff.ly/QFZnRUu #PIEFA #AgEducation #STEMEd #CareerHarvest

🌾 Looking to bring fresh ideas into your Ag classroom? Join fellow colleagues at @CharlesSturtUni Agriculture Teachers PD Conference in Wagga Wagga, 12–14 Oct! 📚 Ideas | 🌱 Resources | 💡 Hands-on 📩 Email fosh-marketing@csu.edu.au for tickets 🔗 buff.ly/IOW8rTD

🎡🌾 PIEFA CEO Luciano Mesiti attended the Sydney Royal Easter Show supporting members & #ageducation Connecting with teachers + supporting @cottonaustralia @meatlivestock & Australian Eggs 🙌 🐣 Happy Easter from PIEFA! 💻 PN: Primezone website maintenance over the break

🧫🌱 From stealthy spores to disease-defying crops… Join the DPI Hermitage Schools' Science Competition! Explore plant pathogens & their impact on #agriculture + #foodsecurity 🌏 👩‍🔬 F–12 students across Australia 🎁 Win prizes | 📅 Closes 16 June 👉 buff.ly/euakzaS

🎬✨ March Wrap-Up! A big month at PIEFA - new projects, PD opportunities & welcoming our 2026 intern, Emily Steer. 📚 Potato & Onion Project launched 🌱 🐝 PD Day (QLD) (sold out) 🌾 NEW sugarcane course + webinar 🤝 30 school members Catch up 👇 buff.ly/qRYB4pp

🌱 Brings Aussie crops to life in F–12 classrooms! Engage students with the FREE Super Seed Kit developed with @theGRDC @agtbreeding & #PIEFA What’s inside? ✅ 12 seed vials ✅ Seed packets ✅ Ruler & worksheets ✅ Poster 🎒 Perfect for hands-on learning buff.ly/3tCQ5IL

🎉 Welcome Emily Steer, 2026 @AgInstituteAus & PIEFA Intern! 🌾 From growing up on an Angus cattle farm in Lameroo, SA 🌱 to studying #AnimalScience at Uni Adelaide, Emily is ready to inspire the next generation in #agriculture 🚜🐄 Read more: buff.ly/hdsvri8 #PIEFA

🌱🤖 GrowHer 2026 applications are OPEN! Ready to explore what’s possible in #AgTech ✅ Tackle real ag challenges ✅ Work with industry mentors ✅ Pitch bold ideas 📍 Cairns | Sunshine Coast | Longreach ⏰ Closes 24 April 2026 👉 Apply now: buff.ly/cXKKjcR #GrowHer #PIEFA