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Red Tips: The story behind the bananas with the red tips – ABC Landline

18th May 2019

North-Queensland banana farmers,  Frank and Dianne Sciacca, have turned back the clock and returned to farming practices from half-a-century ago.

“We were still putting out chemical on the soil and on the plant that had a sever impact on the environment but wasnt working. That was the alarm bells.”

Check out the 15-minute Landline snippet here:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2019-03-10/regenerative-agriculture-attracts-solid-backing-amid-success/10871130

Check out the written article about the Sciacca’s and other farmers who are exploring regenerative agriculture techniques here:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-18/farmers-use-regenerative-agriculture-to-fuel-biodiversity/11111066