Talbot, Yuleba, Qld
Talbot’s family has been farming in the Yuleba area for about 100 years. Back then everything was ‘organic’ in the sense that we understand it today. However, now they farm a mix of conventional and organic farming. Of their 8500 hectares, about 1200 is farmed using organic methods, which means no artificial fertilisers or chemicals […]
Graham, Dalby, Qld
Graham’s family has been farming west of Dalby for 65 years, and the 571 hectare farm has been fully organic for the last 12 years. Over this time he has grown mung beans, popcorn and wheat for Kialla. The first 2 crops will grow through the summer season, while wheat is a winter crop that […]
Fred, Greenmount, Qld
Fred farms about 200 hectares, very close to Kialla’s mill at Greenmount, near Toowoomba in Southern Queensland. Since he’s only about 30kms away he has actually been supplying the mill since it first started in 1987. And Fred was around long before that, having been farming in the Darling Downs area some 50 years. The […]
Trader Wayne
Yes, ‘Trader Wayne’ sounds like someone from the Wild West – but he’s actually based in Toowoomba not too far from the mill. The rye flour that he has supplied to us comes from a farmer in South Australia. Wayne is a commodity trader who focuses on contacting farmers all over Australia and negotiating deals […]
Neil, Kingaroy, Qld
Neil grew up on a farm in the Kingaroy area but actually went into building and had a plastering business for some years. Then in 2018 he felt called back to the farming life and purchased Jonathon’s organic farm in the area. Since then he’s grown organic popcorn and soy beans for us. We don’t […]
Phil, Westmar, Qld
Phil grows wheat, linseed and mung beans for Kialla on a 200 hectare farm east of St George. He actually share farms his father-in-law’s organically certified property. Share farming means that the farmer pays a portion of his proceeds as ‘rent’ to the owner of the property. It provides a way for a person to farm […]
Lindsay & Jarrad, Rolleston, Qld
Lindsay and Jarrad’s farm is a family business and they have been involved in farming in Central Queensland for many years. They also have properties from Emerald to Moura that encompass both beef and broadacre farming and they grow both organic certified and non-organic produce. The move to organic farming began about 5 years ago […]
Jules & Merridy, Gatton, Qld
Jules & Merridy’s farm lies in a beautiful valley on the edge of the fertile Lockyer Valley region in south east Queensland. Five years ago they made the shift from the mid north of South Australia looking for “greener pastures’’. After the purchase of their property, it became evident very early on that they wanted […]
Jonathon, Kingaroy, Qld
Jonathon and Tracey farm 57 hectares of certified organic and “In Conversion” certified organic cropping land in the South Burnett region of Southern Queensland. They grow both KAMUT® khorasan, a breed of ancient wheat, and sunflower kernels for Kialla. Kialla recently acquired the exclusive Australian licence for the KAMUT® brand khorasan wheat. This trademark guarantees that […]
Roy, Boodua, Qld
Situated outside Boodua on the beautiful Darling Downs, Roy’s farm has been in the family for 5 generations and is living testament to their long held beliefs that the environment and farming can co-exist in harmony. While they’ve been farming here for over 100 years, it’s only in the last 30 years that they’ve been […]
Mike, Springsure, Qld
Mike grows a variety of crops for Kialla, including white sorghum, sunflower, hard wheat (high protein wheat best for breads) and soft wheat (low protein wheat suitable for cakes). His 2400 hectares of organic farming land in Central Queensland has been in the family since 1963. At that time his father moved up from the […]
Casey, Dalby, Qld
Casey share farms 100 hectares near Dalby on the Western Darling Downs. The rich black alluvial soils of the area are alkaline heavy clay (Vertosol) soils, which with their good water holding capacity produce some of the best cereal grains in Australia. As a share farmer Casey doesn’t live on the farm but ‘commutes’ to […]
Eric, Goondiwindi, Qld
A longer-term organic farmer in the Goondiwindi region Eric grows organic barley, khorasan wheat, sorghum, linseed, and White French Millet for Kialla. More recently Eric has expanded his operations to include another property in the Yelarbon district, not far from his first farm at Goondiwindi. This new farm recently went through a 3 year in-conversion […]
India
Due to a surge of interest in chickpea products we were caught short this year as our farmers didn’t grow enough of the desi variety of chickpea which is popular for snacks and besan flour. Then a very dry summer growing season has exacerbated the shortage. As a consequence, this year we’ve had to source […]
Mike & Bronnie, Hamilton, Vic
Located near Hamilton in south-west Victoria, the farm that provides our linseed (also known as flaxseed) is situated in prime farming land. This is due to both soil quality and the fact that rainfall is usually plentiful in the area. Both these factors, plus the farmers’ meticulous approach, ensure high quality crops. Their farming philosophy […]