Richmond Farm – Joua & Kou
Joua and Kenny’s farm is a real family operation; all five kids are involved in planting, harvesting and preparing produce for sale...
Growers
Elphin Grove Farm – Matt & Ruth
Matt and Ruth farmed their idyllic plot in East Sassafras with Matt’s parents, but when...
John Donohoe
John, as you might expect from a potato grower, comes from good Irish stock, and his son Ben will be the fourth generation of Donohoes farming...
Mooreville Gardens – Peter & Lisa
Peter & Lisa made the decision to diversify into egg production at the Burnie property owned by Lisa’s parents five years ago, seeing a gap in the market for quality ethically produced eggs; prior to this their primary output was vegetables grown for local markets. Peter worked in a battery egg farm in a previous...
Hills Transplants – Stephen
Stephen Hills runs the business started by his father John on the very north coast of Tasmania in Don...
OE Hansen & Son – Scott and Thomas
Oscar Ernest Hansen started growing pears at Highcroft near Nubeena in 1920; his grand son, Scott Hansen, runs the same orchard today, and Scott’s son Thomas has come home after his studies to work on the farm – which one day he will inherit – too. During the pear season, Scott, Liina and Thomas employ...
Tassie Pride Glasshouse – Johann & Mariette
South-African born Dr Johann Joubert was working as a counsellor and pastor in the North West region of Tasmania in the late 1990s when he began to see a sharp increase unemployment, depression and suicide. With the Van Leerdam family he and his family decided to do something positive about it, and set up a...
Marcus & Anthony Brandsema
The Brandsema family have a long history of involvement in agriculture in Tasmania – Marcus and Anthony’s grandfather started a market garden in Launceston 60 years ago; the farm moved to Turners Beach, right next to the north coast, and when the brothers took over the farm in 2007 they began transitioning the site into...
Dendra Market Gardens – Maurice
Dendra Market Gardens was started around 25 years ago by Dennis Davis; Dennis has since retired, and Maurice, who worked his way through the ranks working at the farm for 17 years, is now the farm manager and owner. The Cuprona property has 50 acres of cultivated farmland, and employs 25 local workers year round,...
Kindred Organics – Lauran & Henriette
Damen and Henriette immigrated to Australia from Dutch farming families, looking for arable land...