Agriculture Victoria Connect

    Meet people who are protecting what matters most to Victorians from the harms of pests and diseases.

    Crop farmer

    A young man wearing a blue button up shirt and blue jeans stands smiling with his hands on hips. He is in a big shed. There is gravel on the foreground. To the left is a large green tractor with a red disc plough and to the right is a blue seeder.

    Meet James. Discover how his biosecurity efforts provide safe, quality produce for Victorians to eat.

    Home gardener

    A mid-shot of a woman who stands in the middle of her backyard garden. She is wearing an olive-green long-sleeved t-shirt and a long gold necklace and has short, cropped grey hair. On the left is a bronze water fountain. In the background are green leafy indigenous plants.

    Meet Eva. Learn how she stops the spread of pests and diseases.

    Livestock transporter

    A man and a woman stand side by side smiling, beside a large B-double truck and the cement wall of a truck wash station. He wears a white and blue check button up shirt and jeans, she wears a zip front navy bomber jacket over a blue collared shirt.

    Meet Russell. Discover how cleaning his truck after each job protects Victorian businesses.

    Marine biologist

    A woman with long brown hair in a blue zip up sweater and blue jeans is squatting in the foreground of the picture among the rocks. She is reaching forward and touching a small rock while looking directly at the camera smiling. She is beside the seashore at low tide. In the distant background is the City of Melbourne’s skyline.

    Meet Fam. Find out how to protect our oceans from marine pests.

    Sheep farmers

    A smiling woman and man stand side by side in a timber framed woolshed. She wears a mushroom grey sheep skin collared zip up jacket and he wears a blue button up shirt.

    Meet Jane and Mick. Their farm biosecurity practices stop the spread of pests and diseases.

    Small-scale alpaca farmer

    A blonde woman stands outside. She wears a pink t-shirt. On the left is a shed, with a long hose curled and hooked on the wall. To the right is a gravelled yard, and fencing that leads to paddocks and a screen of green leafed woody trees.

    Meet Lynda. Learn how daily animal welfare checks can stop the spread of disease.

    Upper Ovens Valley Landcare President

    A man wearing a dark, wide-brimmed hat, glasses and dark coloured zip-front polar fleece is talking to two women. They are both wearing pale, wide-brimmed hats and facing away from the camera. It is a mid shot.

    Meet Peter. Learn how Landcare volunteers protect native trees from pest deer.

    Wurundjeri Elder

    A man wearing a cap and button up khaki shirt stands to the right of the frame behind a garden bed of native plants. He is at a farm. In the background is a meatal cattle race and paddocks in the distance.

    Meet Uncle Dave. Find out how biosecurity protects Country for future generations.

    We acknowledge the traditional Aboriginal Owners of Country throughout Victoria, their ongoing connection to this land and we pay our respects to their culture and their Elders past, present and future.