Skin deep success at Challara
In the early nineties, tired of chasing fly blown sheep around their Badgingarra farm, Peter Wilkinson and his father Ron of Challara Poll Merino...
Good eye for genetics
At this year’s Bindoon and Districts Agricultural Show, Dale Jansen of Fernwood Farm is proud as a parent as she parades a pair of...
An abundance of asparagus
Peter and Colleen Osborn’s rustic home among the gum trees not only has lots of plum trees, but almost every other kind of fruit...
In the lupe!
Lupins are familiar to most as stockfeed, but the humble legume may be poised to become the next human health food revolution. Boasting 40%...
A little bit of everything
Tony and Jenny Maddern first appeared in the Northern Valleys News in early 2014, in a cover story focusing on the fruitful Kensington Pride...
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...
Best in show!
If there was a prize strictly for enthusiasm and dedication to quality dairy goat breeding at the Royal Show, Bullsbrook-based Diana and Petrina Porter...
Dandalee Park Dairy Goats wins Royal Show Governor’s Cup
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...
Food ‘shortages’ – is transport the real problem?
As the images of empty supermarket shelves flooded our news feeds the past few weeks — eliciting a mild to medium level of panic...
Local producers gain ‘Snail of Approval’
The Swan Valley and Eastern Regions Slow Food Convivium celebrated Terra Madre Day on 10 December with both purpose and panache. Hosted by member...
Painting the town orange
It’s impossible to imagine how self-confessed chronic volunteer, twenty-nine-year old Elizabeth (Liz) Brennan squeezes in her smorgasbord of voluntary commitments alongside her ‘real’ jobs...
Black Friday – celebrating 100 years of Angus
Angus cattle breeders around the country are celebrating 100 years of the Angus breed this year – with the Angus Society of Australia marking...
