Building the herd
Melinda Brown, owner of Toffee Woods Alpacas admits to making every mistake in the book when she first got into Alpacas. Since then she...
Home-grown hams
For most of us, a delicious glazed ham will be the centerpiece of our Christmas table – but where does our ham hail from?...
East meets West in Gingin
When Peter Jones and his family bought a twice-failed yabby farm in Muckenburra in 2003, the many large, cracked, concrete ponds cried out for...
CAC students shine at Royal Show
Students from the Catholic Agricultural College, Bindoon came home with a stash of ribbons and wealth of learning experiences after competing in the cattle...
Maude a champion at the Royal
Goat enthusiasts Diana and Petrina Porter from Vitae Lampadae Stud, Bullsbrook, were thrilled with the results from their second year exhibiting at the Perth...
Farmer, advocate, leader
Tracy Lefroy is the epitome of a modern multitasker. From farming with husband Kristin at Cranmore Farming in Bindi-Bindi, to grains industry and regional...
Olives, Oil & Toil
If you’re dreaming of an olive grove your grandchildren can enjoy, then Maggie Edmund’s new book, Olives, Oil & Toil is a must read...
Someone’s telling porky pies…
If you’ve ever scrutinised the bacon packaging in a supermarket fridge, you would
have encountered a curious thing. While the trusty green and gold ‘Made...
Harvest of the ocean
At 11am on Saturday morning the tiny fishing town of Cervantes, due west of Badgingara, is lazily basking in the early summer sun. A...
Producing Prime Beef – from paddock to plate
The Dewar family has been farming cattle in the Gingin District since the early 1850s. Arthur Dewar, principal of Barleyfield Beef, represents the...
Raspberry fields forever
As dawn breaks over the sea of polytunnels at Costa Group’s newest berry farm west of Gingin, a tide of workers arrive on site...
Solar power success story
When Amber Neuman built herself a new house on her 74 acre property in Beermullah last year she opted to go completely off-grid for...
