Spicks and speckles
It is a rare feat to transplant Canadians accustomed to their frosty climate into the scorching Australian paddocks and expect them to flourish. Nonetheless,...
Rachel’s Farm
There’s nothing quite like a celebrity to raise awareness of a good cause, and the topic of regenerative farming is certainly benefiting from Rachel...
It’s good for the goose!
A much-loved member of the Cocking family — and local legend — Nigel the Goose has taken out Champion Bird at this year’s Moora...
Oils ain’t oils
Tourists may be tripping over themselves to capture the perfect Instagram moment in yellow-splashed paddocks, but when it comes to dressing our salads, it’s...
Do you know who grows your food?
Vegetable grower Warren Trundle wants more people to know where their food comes from – and what it takes to grow it!
Over the past...
Wattle we eat?
Last September I took samples of whole and ground, roasted Wattle seeds to be exhibited at Slow Food’s Terra Madre Salone del Gusto event...
Freemartin Daisy and the first lesson I learned as a farmer’s wife
The very first orphan calf I raised was given to me by my soon-to-be husband just a week before our wedding. In a wave...
Hand-picked heritage
Olive harvest began in the monastic town of New Norcia this month – as it has throughout the Northern Valleys region – with just...
By the fig and the olive
Behind the rows of flourishing olive trees lining Brand Highway just north of Gingin lies Koorian Farming Enterprises – a family-run operation growing olives,...
Blueberry bounty
GreenAcres Blueberry Farm completely fill the Northern Valleys News brief of ‘uncovering the hidden treasures of our region’. Bursting onto the scene this summer,...
Fine and Dandalee
Award-winning goat breeder Trevor Blight has been breeding goats for fifty years. In 2022, he came full circle, welcoming back Angora goats to join...
There is no alternative to agroecology
When I read this bold statement on the Terra Madre, Salone del Gusto 2022 program I was no less than intrigued! What was agroecology?...
