farmers stories

I farm in the rich volcanic red soils of Glengarrie Northern NSW. My property is right on the southern side of the NSW / QLD boarder 30 mins from the coast with great farming views.

I farm bananas (Ladyfingers and Cavendish), Hass avocados, Ginger, Turmeric, Garlic, Asparagus, Tomatoes and a variety of herbs.

I started farming bananas with my dad during school holidays and I'm still here many years later. Dad has retired and left the farm in my hands where I have diversified from just bananas into what I have now.
The land and farming is in my blood. I couldn't let this property go. 4 generations and 150 years farming in our family.
It's now become a passion and not just a job. I love it and can't keep my mind off what I do. Just love it.

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Read this inspiring story of Cal Champaign who combines, Permaculture, Sustainability and Social justice on his amazing 10Acre urban farm in Port Kembla to support the local refugee community.

“My name is Cal. I’m 30 years old and I manage Green Connect Farm.
Green Connect is a social enterprise that creates employment pathways for young people and former refugees. We create these pathways in sustainable industries, working in zero waste, staffing solutions and fair food….”

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We are Maxine and Mike Shea, a family run business run in the Byron region. We grow hemp for seed and hemp seed oil on a farm near Byron Bay which we use to make our own hemp body products and we will only substitute our hemp seed oil with 100% Australian grown hemp seeds.

The Hemp Collective story began when co-founder Maxine Shea was diagnosed with a Pituitary Brain Adenoma, a TSH secreting (Non-Cancerous) brain tumour, seven years ago when our son was 12 months old…

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I’m Tara from Olive Gap Organic Farm. We are a new certified organic farm in the Northern Rivers of NSW, specialising in seasonal cut flowers and native essential oils. Our family team consists of 3 girls and 1 guy, all in our 30’s. 

Our journey began with my husband Alex and I homesteading on a community in our 20’s, born from a deep desire to grow our own food and live sustainably while we raised our three little girls. The growing bug bit and as our children grew and we started homeschooling, we wanted to spend more and more time in the garden. So we began to think of ways we could turn this into a job that we could integrate into our lifestyle. 

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We are a microscale market garden in the southern suburbs of Adelaide run by a small core group and a dynamic group of volunteers.  We focus on hands-on education and delivering the freshest and most nutrient dense veggies to our local community.

We are located in the suburb of Mitchell Park, 15mins from the Adelaide CBD, We grow mostly leafy greens and are well known for our rich salad mix. We also grow Rhubarb, Asparagus, culinary and medicinal herbs, winter crops such as Kale, Celery, Asian greens, etc and in Summer months we always have Cucumbers, tomatoes and anything else that tickles our fancy…

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We farm 111 acres on NSW’s Mid-North Coast, in beautiful Bobin. Here we raise pastured lamb and grow Australian hardwoods for timber (we even have an on-farm mill!). We were both always really passionate about food, ecology, and creating local food communities froma young age. As we got older we both developed more specific goals. Simon for forests and regenerating food landscapes and Em for ethical animal husbandry and agroecology.

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My partner Kaycee Simuong & I run a 160ha property we dubbed The Mandarin Bend near the tiny locale of Girralong on the NSW Mid North Coast. You’ll find us about 30 minutes upstream of Bowraville on the North Arm of the Nambucca River. Originally the farm grew beef cattle, mandarins (hence the name) & timber…we still produce beef cattle using holistic grazing principles but our main income stream is derived from about 1.5 acres of Certified Organic mixed vegetable production & a 1tone garlic cash crop. 

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