Organic farming across borders

Organic farming across borders

We’re delighted to bring you a guest blog from Norma Tauiliili, who spent a week with us as a WWOOFer (Willing Worker on Organic Farms) back in 2017. She was a WWOOFer with a difference! Norma works for an organisation called Women in Business Development Inc (Samoa)...
My work here is done…

My work here is done…

Katie’s year as Rural Woman of the Year brought many highlights, slight moments of terror, and gifts that will last a lifetime.

Winning awards in farming

Winning awards in farming

This year has been a big one for awards for us, first the RIRDC Rural Women’s award, then the Mt Alexander Shire Business of the Year award, and the Sustainability and Environment award. Winning them has been exciting, stimulating and rewarding,...

You can take the farmer off the farm…

We’re taking a few days holiday off the farm. Well, when I say holiday, I mean working holiday. We try to get away at least once a year to do a review of the past season and plan for the year ahead. There’s two reasons we get off the farm to do it – one is to get away...

Unsung farming heroes – Week 9 RIRDC Rural Women’s Award

Just recently, I’ve been lucky enough to meet one of my local heroes. This is Margaret, one of the early apple tree growers in our district. She and her husband had a very famous nursery that specialised in heritage apples, and they grew more than 500 varieties....