Media Release | 04/04/2024 Primary Industries Education Foundation Australia (PIEFA), with the assistance of the Storm and Flood Industry Recovery Program (SFIRP), has actively engaged with 195 schools to-date in flood-affected regions of NSW. The program helps build resilience through awareness of local primary industries production and careers opportunities. The program is jointly funded by […]

PIEFA’s Storm and Flood Industry Recovery Program (SFIRP) have been actively out and about in NSW schools, supporting teachers to implement food and fibre content in the classroom! Check out some of our recent updates below.    PIEFA in Schools – Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar, Banora Point After an initial visit by the SFIRP team on […]

Royal Agricultural Shows provide a fantastic opportunity for people of all ages to get hands-on with learning about where their food and fibre comes from.  The 2024 Sydney Royal Easter Show was a great example of this and the team at PIEFA loved meeting students, educators and community members in the Woolworths Ag Discovery Pavilion. […]

In December 2023, the Primary Industries Education Foundation Association (PIEFA) in association with Ag Institute Australia (AIA) South Australia Division selected Mackenzie Coopman as the 2024 PIEFA Student Compendium Intern. Mackenzie is entering his third year of an Agricultural Sciences Undergraduate degree at the University of Adelaide. He lives in Adelaide and chose to study […]

Tocal College has established a learning centre to support high school students studying agriculture, science and geography. The new centre sits on the Tocal dairy farm, so students can connect and understand a modern commercial dairy farm currently producing 2.6 million litres of milk a year. The College is operated by the NSW Department of […]

ABC Landline has today shared their story on the national ag education strategy and the search for the best high school agricultural program. Hear from PIEFA’s CEO, Luciano, and Australian Country Choice’s Anthony Lee, as they explore the challenges that face Australia’s food and fibre sector and the impact the decline in our school ag […]

The Royal Agricultural Society of NSW’s Farm Days at Sydney Showground is the place to be! This week, amongst other food and fibre exhibitors, PIEFA and Australian Good Meat are set-up to welcome young learners from primary and early high school. What’s on the agenda at the PIEFA | Australian Good Meat exhibition? Students get […]

Get your free Australian Good Meat classroom pack PIEFA and Meat and Livestock Australia are excited to announce the release of a new set of classroom resources for students and teachers in primary and high school. This suite of resources, which are curriculum-aligned (Australian curriculum 9.0) and classroom-ready, use the most current Australian red meat industry information and include: […]

Integrating Food and Fibre Education Across Subject Areas: A Sustainable Approach to Learning. Today’s classrooms are dynamic environments where students are cultivating skills for their future. At PIEFA, we know that if our mission to enhance young Australians’ knowledge and understanding of primary industries is to be achieved, food and fibre programs and resources must […]

A Working Group, initiated by a National Agricultural Education Forum, has been appointed and is now underway. Its aim is to prepare a strategy to boost food and fibre education at a national level, in schools across Australia. “We had an outstanding response to the Expression of Interest with many talented, committed and well-connected people […]