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November 19, 2025

Nature, carbon, nutrition: 3 ways farming can shift from climate culprit to solution

Budiman Minasny, University of Sydney; Alex McBratney, University of Sydney, and Damien Field, University of Sydney

Producing food has a climate cost. But it doesn’t have to. Farmers can cut emissions, boost nutrients and restore nature – while making their farms more resilient

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December 15, 2020

The future of agriculture: why unis must prepare students to secure both our food and our planet

Damien Field, University of Sydney; Brent Kaiser, University of Sydney; Iain Young, University of Sydney; Pauline Ross, University of Sydney, and Stephen Cattle, University of Sydney

Despite the many jobs on offer, agriculture courses are struggling to attract students. A visionary curriculum is needed that is as exciting, diverse and challenging as the sector itself is becoming.

Microplastic in the soil is extremely difficult to track (or remove). Florida Sea Grant

May 21, 2018

We have no idea how much microplastic is in Australia’s soil (but it could be a lot)

Alisa Bryce, University of Sydney; Alex McBratney, University of Sydney; Budiman Minasny, University of Sydney; Damien Field, and Stephen Cattle, University of Sydney

Ocean plastic has made a big splash, but there may be even more microplastic on land. The problem is that we have no idea exactly how much is in Australian soil, where it is, and what it’s doing.

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