Harcourt Organic Farming Co-Op
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Harcourt Farming Co-op recruiting
Harcourt Organic Farming Co-op is recruiting new farmers and enterprises. The co-op is a collaboration of diverse organic and regenerative farmers who lease land on a single farm in Harcourt. Katie and Hugh Finlay own the farm and began the co-op to diversify the farming on their land and give young farmers an entry point…
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Meet … the orchard keepers
A poet, an engineer, a nutritionist and a filmmaker walk into an orchard… The result is The Orchard Keepers – the newest kids on the block at Harcourt’s Organic Farming Co-Operative. Over the past few weeks The Orchard Keepers – aka Terry Eyssens, Yoann Le Guen, Ingrid Hyland and Alex Kelly – have taken over…
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Preserving our heritage apples
Harcourt has always been known as the ‘apple centre of Victoria’ but in recent years some of its heritage apple varieties have almost disappeared.One family of long-time Harcourt orchardists is trying to do its bit to save these heritage gems by making them available to the wider community. Carr’s Organic Fruit Tree Nursery co-owner Katie…
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Pick your own looks peachy at Harcourt
The time is ripe for some prime picking at Harcourt’s Tellurian Fruit Farm where the annual Pick Your Own Fruit Fridays are proving popular among those enjoying school holidays. “We’ve found school holidays are the busiest time of year,” Tellurian owner Ant Wilson says. While it’s been a great season for cherries at the local…
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Fresh farmers’ fare
Castlemaine district residents and visitors to the region flocked to the launch of the inaugural weekly Castlemaine Farmers Market last Wednesday evening. The new weekly version of the popular monthly market has been developed in response to shopper demand by the highly successful Castlemaine Farmers Market and Harcourt Organic Farming Co-op. Held along the thoroughfare…
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A Victorian first
Up on the hill in Harcourt, local fruit growers Katie Finlay, Sas Allardice and Merv Carr have been busily working to form new venture Carr’s Organic Fruit Tree Nursery. Growing their own rootstocks from seed and cuttings and then later grafting and budding an array of delicious fruit varieties onto them, they are now ready…