Finally Our New Coolroom Is Up And Running!
Finally our new coolroom is up and running!! We had it commissioned last Monday and it’s running perfectly. This is a major milestone for Sohip and will not only allow us...
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How Big Should A Farm Need To Be?
I spent the morning with Hannam Vale Public School last week. What a pleasure it was to be in front of so many curious kids and their questions. One question...
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Our Desire For CHEAP FOOD
Let’s pretend we live in a world where priority is given to cheap food. Let’s take this notion very seriously, let’s take it all the way to its end goal....
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It’s Feelin’ Like Spring Has Sprung Early
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As I write this week's newsletter I’m sitting on a small hill which overlooks our largest dam. The sun has just ducked down behind the tallest tallowoods and a rather...
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This Is Not Just About Food, Farming And Our Planet
I would like to deepen our connection. This is not just about food, farming and our planet, these things have become so fixated in our collective minds that we have...
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Nature is Not Only Deeply Mysterious But Incomprehensibly Intelligent
It’s a wet old week here on the farm and despite the rain I can feel the subtle changes in heat and humidity when working in the field. Whilst out...
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Roughly A Third Of All Aussie Farms Have Disappeared Since 2000
Aussie farmers are just barely surviving by the skin of their teeth. Since the year 2000 over 39,000 farms have disappeared. That’s roughly a third of all farms in Australia...
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Dancing With The Wise Old Rabbit
Sometimes you feel like farming is a battle with nature, but this mentality doesn't bode well in the long run. Treating it like a battle only leaves you exhausted and...
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THANKYOU For Being So Kind-Hearted When We Do Stuff Things Up
It's Tuesday afternoon at 3pm, I have sat down to write this newsletter with the beautiful warm afternoon sun soaking my back. It feels delightful after such a frosty finger...
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Local Organic, Regenerative and Ethical Meat - Better for You, Better for the Animal
I'm going to have a rant this week! So here I am driving around the mid north coast delivering your fruit and veg boxes while listening to the ABC radio....
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It's a Difficult Time of Year to Receive So Much Wet Weather
The cold wet winter ground takes so long to dry out and all you need is a brief shower to restart the drying process all over again. Often this means...
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Cover Crops Deserve WAY More Hype!
A few years ago now, we had a serious disease problem with our lettuce crops, they just kept dying all of a sudden, right before harvest. We ended up getting...
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Love Lighting The Way
Growing food organically means to grow food truthfully, to grow food with love. Farming has shown me that if we can find love for our food and the soil that...
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