It’s High Time We Give You All An Update!
It’s been a while since I’ve written a newsletter, so I thought it was high time to give you all an update. Half of our farm has now sold, and we...
Farmer Updates
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From Bananas to Berries - How farmers survive in the industrial farming system we rely on today
Driving back from our camping trip this weekend, I watched people with backpacks spraying the blueberries under the plastic tunnels as we approached Coffs Harbour. I pulled over on the...
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Update On The Farm Front
I would like to start this week's newsletter by thanking everyone who has given me the grace to explore my writing and share with you much more of my inner...
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PART 2: Why Do Great Things Get Accomplished—And What Drives The People Who Accomplish Them?
There are days when I love knowing that I am the author of my own life—when I can conjure any meaning I choose. In those moments, I feel like a...
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PART 1: Why Do Great Things Get Accomplished—And What Drives The People Who Accomplish Them?
I can think of no man or woman who has achieved something truly extraordinary without, somewhere deep inside, wanting to be seen as extraordinary themselves. After all, what greater satisfaction...
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The Story of Glyphosate - The Most Successful Chemical Used To Grow Our Food
Every once in a while, I like to look back at how certain things came to shape the world we live in—especially the quiet, invisible ones. Few are as silent...
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The Farm Beyond Barbed Wire - PART 2
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Then one day, at age 28, a man comes along. He’d be considered overweight if his towering height didn’t hide most of it, covered in tattoos, his head shaved, grey...
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The Farm Beyond Barbed Wire
Since leaving the city for farming, I’ve mostly shared the outer journey — the visible changes, the easy stories fit for newsletters and social media. Only fragments of the inner...
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Organic vs. Conventional: What’s Really Different in Your Food?
This week I wanted to share with you some important information that often gets overlooked in the age old argument between Organic vs Non-Organic. I often tell people that Organic...
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🍓 What’s Really in Your Berries?
Blueberries and raspberries have become everyday favourites in Aussie kitchens. They look so fresh and healthy, but new testing has revealed something concerning. A scientist in NSW bought a few...
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A Morning On The Farm
Have you been out in your backyard over the weekend? Have you wandered through your own little veggie patch? If you have, you may have noticed the same thing I...
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Chapter 5: Hopes and Dreams - Part 1
What sort of life would it be without hopes and dreams? Can we survive without them? And where do they come from? I decided to take a walk through a...
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Chapter 4 ~ Unexpected Late Night Mysteries
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My eldest daughter is crying her eyes out. She sat in front of the fireplace, quietly rubbing the tears from her cheeks, and sobbed, “Why do I have to be...
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