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, sorghum, linseed, and White French Millet for Kialla. He has also started to grow KAMUT® brand khorasan wheat. Kialla has the Australian licence for supplying this wheat which is grown from very specific pure seed stock, and always organically. General khorasan wheat is […]
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 […]
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 […]
Canada
Following a very dry year and shortage of organic barley grain, we’ve had to source our barley from Canada. The grain is grown by a variety of organic farmers in North Eastern Saskatchewan, Canada where a wealth of organic production occurs. Cereal grains, oil seed and pulses are all grown throughout the province. Companies such […]
Imported Wheat Flour
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Canada + Peter, Coombah
Farmers who usually grow spelt for us, for example Peter at Coombah , have had several challenging season, as the drought continues. This has resulted in a major shortage of organic Australian spelt. Consequently, we’ve had to source our spelt from Canada. Their spelt variety is known as CDC Origin. The suppliers work with several different farmers […]
Ukraine
After the failure of several of our farmer’s millet crops in the last few years, we turned to a source in the Ukraine to fill in the gap until the season improved for locals like Eric and Rob. The farms that grow the millet they supply to us, are located in Southern Ukraine – mostly in […]
