A fresh approach

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There has been an unexpected benefit to sweltering through WA’s record-breaking summer. Joseph Ling, managing director of leading WA citrus producer AGRIFresh, says the...

Organic growth

Michelle De’Lisle, AUSVEG Gingin Organics is a Certified Organic vegetable farm located in Neergabby. It grows a range of vegetables throughout the year including celery,...

The Regen-Gen

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You might have heard the term Regenerative Agriculture bandied about more often lately – it’s one of those once ‘alternative’ concepts that has been...

2022 Gingin Heifer Competition Results

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The 2022 Gingin Heifer Competition, held 7 April, saw Bullrush Farms (Alan, Margaret and Sean Greenwell) take out the top prize for the best...

Food ‘shortages’ – is transport the real problem?

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As the images of empty supermarket shelves flooded our news feeds the past few weeks — eliciting a mild to medium level of panic...
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The blessed fruit

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Just when you think everything that can be grown in the Northern Valleys is being grown, along comes a new visionary to take advantage...
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Pandemic production

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A COVID lockdown project has bloomed into a productive side hustle for Tony Munns and his six sons; growers of Munns & Sons garlic...
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Dave to the rescue

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From ancient Egyptians to our beloved Winnie the Pooh, honey harvesting has been happening in our civilisation for a guesstimated 4500 years now, and...
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Dandalee Park Dairy Goats wins Royal Show Governor’s Cup

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It was the Governor’s Cup presentation that almost didn’t happen, with the winner busy delivering a baby goat as the formalities began! Trevor Blight and...
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Healing with hemp

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An almost fatal accident five years ago has led Shay Harris and husband Clint to develop a unique product that beautifully blends both their...

A little bit of everything

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Tony and Jenny Maddern first appeared in the Northern Valleys News in early 2014, in a cover story focusing on the fruitful Kensington Pride...

Skin deep success at Challara

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In the early nineties, tired of chasing fly blown sheep around their Badgingarra farm, Peter Wilkinson and his father Ron of Challara Poll Merino...