Agribusiness Investment, Growing Vegetables, Producer Profile, Uncategorized
Sally Ayre-Smith and Marcus Skipper moved to the Macleay Valley seven years ago with a dream of starting their own sustainable and organic farm. With no agricultural experience, Marcus, a builder, and Sally, a television producer, turned 25-acres in Sherwood into a...
Agribusiness Investment, Macleay Valley Food Bowl
Opportunities to supply high quality produce directly to leading restaurants and retailers were highlighted to around 120 local producers who attended the Macleay Valley Food Bowl Showcase Dinner at Kempsey RSL on July 23rd. Keynote speakers, Italian/Australian chef...
Agribusiness Investment, Meat, Media Release
Macleay Valley Organic Beef Investment Media Release Organic beef is currently the second fastest growing organic sector (behind organic dairy), worth $198M annually. Today’s overall organics agribusiness sector is valued at $1.72B representing 15.4% compound growth,...
Agribusiness Investment, Industry Forum
Originally Published: Macleay Argus By Kieran Moran Sept. 25, 2015 A CROWD of more than seventy locals attended the Kempsey Shire Council’s MicroAgri Forum held at Kempsey Showgrounds this week. The event was part of the Healthy Communities program aimed at building...
Agribusiness Investment, Industry Forum, Macleay Valley Food Bowl
Macleay Valley Agribusiness Workshop – promoting opportunities in beef, dairy, organics and pasture-raised poultry Kempsey Shire Council Media Release June 4, 2015 Local food producers with an interest in beef, dairy, organics and pasture-raised poultry were...
Agribusiness Investment, Funding
Coles offers $50 million carrot to farmers and grocery manufacturers Article from The Financial Review, Apr 23 2015 Coles says “the last thing it wants” is to control the food chain from paddock to plate, despite its latest attempt to woo farmers and grocery...