‘We call it our farm’: meet the Australians swapping supermarket shopping for farm shares
Written by Aston Brown from the Guardian
Eighty families pay the bills of a family farm in south-east Queensland in exchange for fresh produce as part of a community-supported agriculture model
In a paddock by an old shed, a crowd of “passionate eaters” and the odd farmer surround Randal Breen. This is Breen’s farm, and crowds are part of the business model.
“Before we do anything here, we ask ourselves: is it good for the animal, the land, the farmer and for the people that we feed?” Breen says.
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Written by Aston Brown from the Guardian
Eighty families pay the bills of a family farm in south-east Queensland in exchange for fresh produce as part of a community-supported agriculture model
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In a paddock by an old shed, a crowd of “passionate eaters” and the odd farmer surround Randal Breen. This is Breen’s farm, and crowds are part of the business model.
“Before we do anything here, we ask ourselves: is it good for the animal, the land, the farmer and for the people that we feed?” Breen says.
Continue reading...
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… we have a small favour to ask. More people are reading the Guardian than ever but advertising revenues across the media are falling fast. And unlike many news organisations, we haven’t put up a paywall – we want to keep our journalism as open as we can. So you can see why we need to ask for your help. The Guardian’s independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. But we do it because we believe our perspective matters – because it might well be your perspective, too.
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