A Passion for Plants Brings Chris Full Circle with Chris Toohey

Chris Toohey spent his childhood growing up on the family's Riverina Property growing Rice, cattle, sheep and other dryland irrigated crops.

With a love of plants and a recommendation from his parents to go and explore opportunities outside the farm gate, Chris begin his apprenticeship as a landscaper and worked his way up.

Seeing the opportunity to take his skills on the road he took off on a road trip around Australia before a back injury led him to move away from the physicality of the job.

Heading to university as a mature age student, Chris' career was set out for him, Agronomy was the obvious choice. Chris has never looked back.

Chris is a 2020 Syngenta Growth Award Winner in the productivity category and this is his story.

This episode has been sponsored by Syngenta, the team that has been bringing global agricultural innovation to Australia for more than 90 years. Their world-class seed varieties and crop protection productions help farmers overcome climatic challenges, and sustainably grow more food, feed and fibre for all of us. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/humans-of-agriculture/message