Beef in the black
The grass is slick with rain at David and Sara Roe’s 1930 hectare grazing property Benalong, west of Gingin, and their handsome black angus...
Grass vs Grain
The question of whether grass or grain fed beef is better is a hotly contended issue, and all passionate cattle farmers will tell you...
2015 Feast on Northern Valleys
The 2015 calendar is out now! It will be available to buy at the ‘Maggies Place’ stall at the Bindoon and Districts agricultural show...
New chef at Stringybark brings success
Mary and Bruce Cussen of Stringybark have a lot to celebrate. The restaurant and winery has just won the trophy for best Dry Red...
Living the good life
The bright green rows of vegetables bursting from the ground in Michelle and Mario Trovato’s veggie paddock are a
picture of health and vitality. Amidst...
Locals go for national Sausage King
The team at Bindoon Fresh Meats has captured the hearts of locals in their pursuit of the National Sausage King title to be held...
New Norcia olive grove fruitful again
The Benedictine town of New Norcia is celebrating a bumper olive harvest this year largely thanks to the work of a group of former...
The science of compost
An unassuming business situated north of Gingin is combining the very latest in scientific technology with one of nature’s most basic chemical processes to...
The business of the honeybee
By Tamieka Preston
As visitors to West Coast Honey enter the sweetly-fragrant premises on Gingin Brook Road they are transported into the fascinatingly intricate world...
Native Superfoods
Braving the bracing heat and fighting heinous thorns, Mark Andrew and partner Vickie Shina spent the lead up to Christmas hard at work gathering...
The good oil on olives
When Angus Cowling and partner Rae Jefferies acquired 80 ha of a failed tagasaste farm in Ginginup back in 1998, they had a vision...
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...
