How on earth do you milk a camel?
Spending a year traversing five Australian deserts on camel-back clearly taught ‘camel whisperer’ Stephen Geppert a few things about handling these majestic dromedaries –...
Investing in a farming future
This time of year, a drive north through the Northern Valleys region reveals one the most stunning sights on the farming calendar – a...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
