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A skills drought

David, 18, comes from Sydney’s western suburbs, but his farming is in his blood. In fact, he was so sure about his career that he left St Paul’s Grammar School after he’d completed Year 10 to study at TAFE NSW’s Richmond campus, which has specialised rural skills facilities.

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This girls learning on the farm

“I didn’t like being at school,” says Jessica, 17. “I’d been on a farm all my life helping dad and that’s what I decided I wanted to do.” She reckons she was getting bored in class because it just didn’t seem relevant to her, and admits she probably started getting into a bit of trouble because of it.

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Agriculture is growing

When Nikita was eight years old, her family moved from Queensland's bustling Gold Coast to the relatively quiet, semi-rural Camden, south-west of Sydney. Then, just as she was about to start Year 11, it was back to the coast again - this time to Noosa.

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