Young farmer heads to the big time

By Rebecca Casson
Updated April 8 2015 - 9:32am, first published 12:00am
In front of the corridors of power: Nabiac's young farmer Josh Gilbert spreads the word of climate change impacts on agriculture to federal parliamentarians and representatives, before heading off to his role as an agricultural youth ambassador at this year's Royal Easter Show.
In front of the corridors of power: Nabiac's young farmer Josh Gilbert spreads the word of climate change impacts on agriculture to federal parliamentarians and representatives, before heading off to his role as an agricultural youth ambassador at this year's Royal Easter Show.

Growing up in Nabiac as a teenager, NSW Young Farmers Council chair Joshua Gilbert did not take much of an interest in agricultural matters. It was not until the indigenous 23-year-old was later working in Sydney that he began thinking of an agricultural future.

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