A walk in Maurie’s gumboots

Maurie Cafra, organic grower

Maurie knows cutting asparagus is a slog – starting as early as 2am, working by torchlight, walking five kilometres a day in diving boots, cutting 300kgs of asparagus – it’s not for everyone.

Shelter in the storm

Rainbow over Joes Garden, Coburg

Through the storm of this last eighteen months Joe’s Farmgate is growing up; evolving its identity from CERES’ little sister site into something entirely its own.

Farming – cold, wet, hot and boring – but I love it.

Farming is awful – the weather’s terrible, it’s cold and wet or really hot, it’s boring – but I love it and I wouldn’t do anything else.  Katherine Gillet ,Two and Five’s farm manager is beautifully honest about her job, The one day a week I’m in the office I really hate it. Two and Five Farm just north of Geelong […]