Margaret River Organic Farmer in Rosa Brook, Western Australia | Environmental consultant

Margaret River Organic Farmer

Locality: Rosa Brook, Western Australia

Phone: +61 423 957 788

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24.01.2022 Choosing ORGANIC is the #1 health consideration when eating eggs. Being ‘pasture raised’ outdoors on fresh grass is important for the welfare & varied diet of chooks but the most crucial human & environmental health factor is whether eggs are ORGANIC! Organic eggs have no bio-accumulation of ‘routine’ medicines (like antibiotics) or chemicals in their grain. Contrary to popular belief, grain still accounts for the majority of a pastured hen’s daily food. Even our ‘Open Ran...ge’ hens eat ~100g of grain daily; after all they need a lot of protein to lay an egg every day! But if as with all other standard commercial chook food, this grain was sown, grown, harvested & stored with chemicals then the residues will persist, and will be present in the hens’ eggs. Why risk your family’s health or support the broken chemical farming system? Buying local pastured Organic eggs is the only sustainable, ethical & safe way to eat eggs! Backyard birds can also benefit from the goodies in our exclusive WA-sourced, mineral-enriched, hand-mixed, chemical-free chook food - available in our online farm shop www.mrorganicfarmer.com PS being ‘Organic’ means so much more than being able to trace sources of food; it’s a whole welfare system. It’s really another post, but did you know that non-organic ‘pasture raised’ hens are actually raised for the first 5 months of their lives (which equates to 1/3 of their commercial laying life!) on other farms in exactly the same as ‘free range’ hens; in SHEDS! To my mind shed-raised chooks cannot accurately be named ‘pasture-raised’ at all. IMHO only Organic laying hens that have actually grown up on pasture should be labelled ‘pasture-raised’! There is so much greenwash for consumers to wade through, but for the sake of our health, the birds’ health & the health of our environment - it’s essential we start asking questions! Please ask your egg producer where & how they raise their chicks & where they source their feed & how it was grown. #cleanfood #organicprotein #organiceggs #openrangeeggs #toxinfreefood #highwelfare #organicfood #healthyfood #realfood #organichens #pastureraised #whyorganic See more

24.01.2022 This mama is a protective one alright! #newborn #calf #organicfarming

24.01.2022 Sir Walter Acorn is a quiet gentleman of a bull. Love how he’s interacting with the calf. Can you spot the hens in the far paddock? Their tractor ‘Chicktopia’ moves to fresh grass daily, just like these cattle. #holisticmanagement #organicfarm #regenerativegrazing #regenerativeagriculture #margaretriverregion #paddocktoplatewa #justanotherdayinwa @local_is_more #localfoodmatters #knowyourfarmer

24.01.2022 Lazy lambs enjoying some early morning sunshine

23.01.2022 Enjoy the sunshine today folks! #grassfedandfinished #plantain #notaweed #biodiversepastures #organicfarm

23.01.2022 GARDEN MARKET next Sunday 27th Sept. Our first post-COVID market is coming up at Doust's Corner (home of Yahava). Look forward to seeing you there!

22.01.2022 Long wobbly legged Lamb spam! #organicfarm #margaretriver

22.01.2022 @yallingupstore repost. Thanks for supporting local organics!

22.01.2022 New retail stockist in Cowaramup! MROF open range organic eggs are now available by the carton from the awesome Pat here at Smithereens Cafe on Bottrill St. Pat has used our eggs in his legendary breakfasts for the last 5 years & now as well as eating organic eggs at Smithereens, you can take them home too! Did I mention he also makes a mean @commonagecoffeeco coffee?! courtesy of Cowaramup Biggest morning tea! #organiceggs #cowaramup #localproduce #localssupportinglocals #localorganic #localismore

21.01.2022 Can I have some of your brains please Dad? #thingssaidatmyhouse #nosetotaileating #zerowaste #honouringthewholebeast #nourishingfood #locavore #ancientwisdom

21.01.2022 For sale: 18 month old Hyline retirees available to pick up Rosa Brook Thursday 27 August afternoon or Friday 28 August morning. Organically hand-raised on our farm from first day of life. $15 cash each. Minimum order = 2! All orders taken via email (not social media) to [email protected] ... Please only order if you or a friend can collect at the specified times. Box supplied... Thanks! See more

21.01.2022 Wild elements wont stop the curiosity of either kids or animals... #nextgenerationfarmers #futurefarming #farmingforthefuture #holisticmanagement #organicfarming #regenerativeagriculture

20.01.2022 Here comes the sun! #acacia #wattleblossom #beefood #organicfarm #biodiversityhotspot #margaretriver

20.01.2022 Breaking news: internationally acclaimed author-presenter Graeme Sait will share a suite of tools to boost health and longevity in a 4 hour workshop on Wednesday that could help you live a happier, healthier, longer life. This information-packed presentation, hosted by Margaret River Organic Farmer, will include multiple, cutting-edge wellness strategies including: 1) Nurturing your Microbiome - it is the 100 trillion microbes, with whom we co-exist, that govern almost ev...ery aspect of our health and wellbeing. 2) Your vegetable garden as your ultimate wellness tool - tips and strategies to produce nutrient dense, medicinal food, free from chemicals and packed with forgotten flavours. 3) Diet discoveries - understand the benefits of fasting, good fats and genuine superfoods. 4) Food as medicine - discover the foods to embrace and the foods to avoid. 5) Countering the sugar sickness - learn how to reclaim insulin sensitivity and avoid the coming plague, Type 2 diabetes. 6) Taming the flame - inflammation is intimately linked to degenerative illness. Discover how to counter this insidious disease driver. 7) Reclaiming hormone balance - in a world of debilitating stress and hormone disruption, it can be of great benefit to achieve hormonal equilibrium 8) Longevity exercises - discover some simple, daily exercises that can help you achieve a longer, healthier life. 9) Stress reduction - stress kills in so many ways. Most of us desperately need strategies to reduce this pressure. 10) Change your perspective - Change the outcome - tools to adjust your mindset for a more positive outcome. Graeme is an inspirational teacher and speaker, and the descriptor most commonly used by his students is: life-changing. He's certainly shaped the way we at Margaret River Organic Farmer view the world! Like no other, he makes clear the connections between soil, plant, animal and human health. Graeme is the CEO and co-founder of Nutri-Tech Solutions (NTS), a world leader in sustainable agriculture. He is also an author/educator responsible for over 300 published articles and a popular book, Nutrition Rules!. Please be quick to book your ticket (strictly limited numbers) via: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/10-life-changing-strategies #graemesait #margaretriverevents See more

19.01.2022 Flashback to garlic planting... lost track of how many kilos went in! Huge gratitude to all our friends & family who pitched in. #familyfarm #garlicplanting #organicfood #margaretriver #organicfarm

19.01.2022 Riparian revegetation creating more habitat each year! This tributary of the Margaret River flows through our farm & we want to keep our water clean & wildlife happy. Weve seen fish, long/necked turtles, gilgie, ducklings, herons, small birds returning to the bushes & quenda on the banks. #ecofarming #conservationfarming #biodiversityhotspot #naturefarming #regenerativeagriculture #revegetation #margaretriver #watercatchment

19.01.2022 The multistorey future of factory farming in China. It amazes me that we humans allow answers to animal (& therefore human) health to lie in concrete, confinement & medicines. https://www.theguardian.com//a-12-storey-pig-farm-has-chin

19.01.2022 For sale: 19 month old Hyline retirees available to pick up Rosa Brook on Saturday 26 September. Organically hand-raised on our farm from first day of life. $15 cash each. Minimum order = 2! All orders taken via email (not social media) to [email protected] ... Please only order if you or a friend can collect on this day. Box supplied... Thanks! See more

18.01.2022 In our Living Smart sustainability course session on Water this week, we explored awareness of hidden or virtual water. Everything we use, eat and wear has a water footprint. Beef has long been given a bad rap for being a water intensive food. But as with all reductionist science funded by specific agendas... its about how you present the stats! When you add a water input analysis & distinguish between the different water sources, it has been found that 97% of the ...water allocated to grass-finished beef production is actually natural rainfall! Rain that would have fallen on that paddock whether or not an animal was grazing the grass. A food that is produced almost entirely with natural rainfall, isnt really a water hog compared to foods that require large amounts of irrigated water from groundwater aquifers (e.g. ubiquitous foods such as rice or sugarcane). Source & more info at https://www.sacredcow.info/blog/beef-is-not-a-water-hog #grassfinishedbeef #mythbusting #sacredcow #rain #food #regenerativeagriculture #watercatchment See more

17.01.2022 Escaped cattle looking quite pleased with themselves after their merry jaunt. #farmlife #organicfarming

17.01.2022 GARDEN MARKET next Sunday 27th Sept. Our first post-COVID market is coming up at Dousts Corner (home of Yahava). Look forward to seeing you there!

17.01.2022 First pullet eggs arrived today! Our little one was happy to discover one was a double yolker when she cracked it into her salmon scramble dinner! Good work girls #firsteggs #pastureraisedeggs #organiceggs #regenerativefarming #familyfarming #grow

17.01.2022 What do you reckon to our ‘new’ signs? We named our home patch ‘Frugalisto Farm’ in 2015. Only taken half a decade to get the sign up Awesome hand cut sign from reclaimed corrugated iron by Dee; the 'Steel Lady' in York. #upcycling #zerowasteliving #frugalliving #frugalhedonism #wastenot #resourcesmart #usewhatyouhave #wastefreeliving #sustainability #oneplanet

17.01.2022 Introducing Sir Walter Acorn. @permaculturepainting #redangus

16.01.2022 While the Northern hemisphere based Gregorian calendar tells us the start of September means weve just transitioned into Spring... On country in Noongar Boodja (the SW region of WA) we look to the Six Seasons to mark natures passage of time here. Indigenous Noongar people were guided by signs in nature & changes in local plants and animals as to which resources were in abundance.... We acknowledge & respect the traditional owners of this country that we are standing on today. And we honour the wisdom of elders past, present & emerging. #sixseasons #noongarcountry #thisisaustralia #respect #traditionalknowledge See more

16.01.2022 Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower. ~ John Harrigan #australiana #callistemon #bottlebrush

16.01.2022 Film, local organic soup & community discussion. 'Localization is the best way to repair our ecosystems, our societies and ourselves.' Join us to watch the award-winning film 'The Economics of Happiness' which showcases steps others are taking worldwide to rebuild their local economies and communities. Featuring Vandana Shiva, Bill McKibben, David Korten, Samdhong Rinpoche, and other inspiring thinkers and activists.... After the film we will enjoy local organic soup & a community discussion on how we can localize & build our community resilience! WORLD LOCALIZATION DAY is a celebration of the emerging global localization movement which aims to restore our community fabric & human-scale, ecological economies, with a central focus on local food systems. All welcome in this peaceful space... suitable for kids over 9 years that are happy with sitting quietly! Limited tickets available in advance only at https://localizationday.eventbrite.com #community #worldlocalizationday #eventsmargaretriver #whatsoninmargaretriver See more

15.01.2022 MROFs first market for the season... see you in Margs next Sunday with some goodies for your garden, your pets & your kitchen! #margaretriverevents #margaretrivereats #margaretriver #margaretriverregion #margaretriverfood #margaretrivermarkets #margaretriverlife #margslife

14.01.2022 These are my favourite grass tree species in our bushland; Kingia Australis & Balga. In early morning mist I sometimes half expect megafauna to step out from behind their ancient forms... Jane Scott tells us that the Kingia can grow to 8m & live to 900 years... ... #kingiaaustralis #xanthorrhoea #balga #grasstree #australianflora #biodiveristyhotspot #margaretriver #conservationfarming #organicfarm #regenerativefarming #ecosystemhealth See more

14.01.2022 3 questions to ask your farmer when ‘beyond organic’ type advertising claims become confusing. Making conscious eating choices is getting trickier with all the marketing greenwash these days. So how can we determine whether an animal protein is actually ORGANIC & CLEAN (which they must be before being truly REGENERATIVE)? Well, if it’s certified organic / biodynamic then we can be assured that the farm’s practices are scrutinised & their inputs can be traced to source.... Australian Standards that organic farmers follow go far deeper than whether glyphosate is sprayed on the farm. So independent auditing is currently the only system that consumers can have faith in at a distance. But if there’s no certification label in sight, there are a few simple questions we can ask our farmers. Check out this link for our top 3 QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR FARMER: https://www.mrorganicfarmer.com/organic #youarewhatyoueateats #organicprotein #cleangreen #organic #organicfood #ethicalfood #regenerativefood #chemicalfreefood #bioaccumulation #locavore #eatingorganic See more

14.01.2022 Poultry lovers can never have enough birds around... This chick hatched today & is being looked after by our broody one-eyed pet turkey, bless her. #farmkids #growyourown

14.01.2022 MROF garlic is ready to rumble! These big beauties available via our farm shop www.mrorganicfarmer.com/shop #margaretriverfood #organicfood #cleangreen #regenerativeagriculture #growingforthefuture #healthysoil #healthyplants #healthypeople #naturesmedicine #garlic

14.01.2022 Everlasting #wawildflowers #organicfarm #conservationfarming #biodiversityhotspot

14.01.2022 Colours are the smiles of nature Leigh Hunt #wawildflowers #organicfarm

14.01.2022 Lamb spam as promised. Two healthy brothers just loving their grass. And everything else they can get their laughing gear around! #orphanlambs #lawnmowers #todayssunshine

14.01.2022 20 weeks old & 30 eggs arrived yesterday from 450 pullets! You can tell several girls are getting ready to do the bizzo soon as their combs and wattles are becoming more vibrant red. Only ORGANIC egg producers put in the 24-7 labour of love for 5+ months to raise their laying flocks from the girls first day of life. All other egg farmers take the easy road & buy in pullets at point-of-lay from other farms, where they have grown up on medicated (probably GM) feed which b...ioaccumulates in their bodies. Conditions are crowded in their factory farm type sheds so their beaks are trimmed to prevent pecking. This is standard acceptable practice for all non-organic free range & pastured laying hens. Call us helicopter parents but we prefer to know where our kids are & what theyre eating! Healthier for everyone. And after all, were going to eat the protein they produce... The hard yards of child-raising accounts for some of the small difference in financial cost between ORGANIC Vs free range / pastured eggs. But the difference between farming systems makes a huge difference to the health of our livestock, our environment & the health of your eggs! Heres to more natural, sustainable & healthy ORGANIC choices for ourselves, our food & our environment. #happyhens #organiceggsonly #organicfarming #organicfarmingpractices #organicfood #margaretriver #margaretriverorganicfarmer #cleanandgreen #sustainablefood #ethicalfood #toxinfree See more

13.01.2022 New life #organicfarming #regenerativeagriculture #grassfedandfinished #ethicalbeef

13.01.2022 Global toilet roll shortages are being reported again and if things get tough in our part of the world & we’re short on water... (plan A = bidet + unpaper!) then our plan B is the big soft leaves of Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) & Mullein (Verbascum thapsus pictured here)! Check out those big soft leaves. Maybe worth a go? #growyourown #toiletrollchallenge #toiletpapershortage #mulleinleaf #comfreyleaf #naturalsolutions #medicinalherbs

13.01.2022 Chicory is fodder for the bees too! #organicfarming #summerpick #beefood #chicory

13.01.2022 If you havent yet seen this awesome film, take some time to watch before the FREE viewing period runs out in 4 days time!

13.01.2022 Motorbike Frog (Litoria moorei). You can hear this loud fella from hundreds of metres away, sounds like a motorbike changing gears. Have you got them around yours? #westernaustralianfrogs #nopesticides #organicfarming #ecofarm

13.01.2022 If you haven't yet seen this awesome film, take some time to watch before the FREE viewing period runs out in 4 days time!

12.01.2022 Aim = frog song. Outcome = a lot of white noise & a mama call! Video is not my forte. #frogs #biodiversityhotspot #margaretriver #organicfarm #regenerativeagriculture #ecocommunity

12.01.2022 Dragonfly days. #bunuru #summeronthefarm #biodiversity #margaretriver #organicfarmer

12.01.2022 News flash: pastured chooks eat mainly grain mix & only supplement with pasture & the wildlife within! We are often asked if our chooks are grass-fed. Yes they forage a lot of green goodies, but they are omnivores with more complex dietary needs than our grass-fed-&-finished sheep & cattle. Healthy chickens need nutrition from green pasture & bugs, but the bulk of their species-appropriate diet is still grain mix. Which is why choosing pasture raised AND Organic eggs is t...he healthiest choice! Back in the day, the natural diet of Jungle Fowl wouldve included wild grains & seeds. Dinosaur ancestors handed down an organ called a gizzard to creatures such as poultry & crocodiles. A chickens gizzard is basically a gastric mill that stone-grinds seeds & grains to make them digestible. Essential when you have no teeth! These days our hybrid chickens need a lot more protein & carbs to reliably produce our daily eggs than those wiry old jungle birds they need a varied diet including protein, grains, greens, grit & minerals. Margaret River Organic Farmers handmade Organic chook feed includes a suite of valuable minerals & we also give the girls free-choice shell grit & biochar. But not all poultry feed is created equal. Only Organic feed is certified free of all biocides, synthetic inputs, GMOs & medicines. If chicken feed is not Organic, please be aware the crops will have been sprayed with pesticides & fungicides, grains will have been chemically fumigated in storage & the mix may contain antibiotics & GMOs. These toxins accumulate up the food chain & supporting chemical methods of farming doesnt do the environment any favours either. Margaret River Organic Farmer carefully source all the ingredients of our chook mix. Weve built relationships with WA regenerative grain growers & feel good to be part of the bigger picture - supporting thousands of hectares of wheat & lupins in the Wheatbelt to be farmed ethically. This benefits our wider biodiversity, our water catchments & the air that we all share. So please dont be fooled by non-organic clean protein. If a poultry feed is not Organic it isnt clean; its just green-washed! See more

11.01.2022 #theanswerisblowinginthewind

11.01.2022 Christmas in 2020 might look different for many families separated by borders. So this year I’m planning to spread the seasonal love more than ever, whilst still being mindful of our planet with shopping choices! Thoughtful messages at times like these can be worth their weight in gold & I’m frothing over these beautiful eco Christmas cards made by our friend Alisa @reconnecttonature a passionate local gardener & photographer. Printed on 100% recycled card with veget...able inks, all materials are compostable - no single use plastic packaging in sight! Supporting local small producers, artists, craftspeople & businesses helps us all grow stronger. And when they offer such beautiful waste-free products, choosing local is way more sustainable! https://reconnecttonature.bigcartel.com/ #localismore #localssupportinglocals #imdreamingof #ecochristmas See more

11.01.2022 We’ve been hanging onto Christmas this year; must be the joys of having a 3yo! Time to let go now though says rein-dog... #christmas2020 #kelpie

10.01.2022 Maybe a ghost moth? #mothsofinstagram #westernaustralia

09.01.2022 As we look around and listen to the news, there is cause for concern everywhere. Our land is burning. Our reefs are bleaching. There are record-breaking droughts. Atmospheric CO2 hit an all-time high of 415ppm. But there are also countless stories of hope. Positivity is a powerful & necessary state of mind to progress into our future, so inspired by others positive posts, weve decided to share some good news too & celebrate our highlights of 2019 It was the yea...r we achieved doubling our organic soil carbon! In just 5 short years of daily animal rotations, long pasture recovery periods & organic soil amendments... WOOHOO! It was also the year we won the Australian Government Landcare Farming Award for WA for excellence and leadership in implementing integrated land management practices on a farm property that protects soils, water and vegetation. The year we welcomed (back!) Shelducklings, Spinebills and Quenda to our farm. The year we participated in more inspiring professional development including Joel Salatins production masterclass. The year of farm tours galore, engaging students in the importance of what we eat & how its grown. The year of leading 14 weeks of Living Smart sustainability programs encouraging change at grassroots level, and collaborations for wicking bed, gut health, fermenting, ethical meat & native bee workshops. The year of another wonderful Sustainability Shed community event at the Ag Show, continuing Cyndas legacy. And our best growing work; the year our beautiful, imaginative, conscious children turned 2, 11 & 14. Celebration is a crucial part of the process and we are so grateful for all your support this year. Every carton of eggs, every bag of chook food you buy from Margaret River Organic Farmer helps us make small changes that add up to a healthier future. Thank you xxx #regenerativeagriculture #soilcarbon #carbonsequestration #australianfarming #organicfarm #margaretriver #community #sustainability #environmentaleducation #farmtours #farmingforthefuture #wildlifeonfarms #biodiversityhotspot #ethicaleating #organicprotein #supportlocal #locavore See more

09.01.2022 Good morning! #organiceggs #pasturedeggs #organicfarming #openrange #handraised #chemicalfree

09.01.2022 If you're thinking about coming to Graeme Sait's presention on Wednesday; please don't delay as there are only a few tickets left! We'd hate you to miss out on this one... Tickets via: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/10-life-changing-strategies

08.01.2022 Trees are waking up... first of the figs is a cutting from Cyndas famously prolific Chook Pen fig right at home in our pet poultry zone. #figtree #organicfruit #sharethebounty #permaculture #alwaysremember #foreverloved

08.01.2022 I think this beautiful native bee is a Reed Bee? #organicfarm #beefriendly #farmlikeagardener #gardenlikeafarmer #nopesticides

07.01.2022 For the BEST breakfast bowls with organic eggs it has to be Smithereens in Cowaramup. Patrick’s Asian omelette is also divine! #breakfast #cowaramup #organiceggs #localismore #localssupportinglocals

07.01.2022 To all you wonderful father figures in the Southern Hemisphere, Happy Fathers Day! Whilst some may call it a commercial Hallmark Day, we reckon its a great excuse to acknowledge & celebrate all the good energies you guys bring. Sending hugs to god-fathers, new dads, animal-carer-dads, earth-dads, single parents being mum-&-dad, uncles, grandads, bonus-dads, positive male role models and all those caring for their own fathers. Sending you much love & appreciation for a...ll that you do, all that you are. In these crazy times its crucial to care for ourselves & our loved ones. #happyfathersday #loveyoudad See more

06.01.2022 Those who contemplate the beauty of the Earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds, the ebb & flow of tides, the folded bud ready for spring. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature - the assurance that dawn comes after night and spring after the winter. ~ Rachel Carson, Silent Spring. #organicfarm #springblossoms #peach #rachelcarson #silentspring

05.01.2022 Remembering loved ones. Missed daily. Loved forever.

05.01.2022 What did the mama cow say to her calf? Its pasture bedtime... #dadjokes #farmlife

05.01.2022 And breathe... #endofalongday

04.01.2022 Gratitude to Zac & @undalupassoc for a truly wonderful morning sharing & exploring the rich abundance of bushtucker & medicine on country.

02.01.2022 It’s not the cow; it’s the how! Holistic Management is a methodology that promotes health & regeneration throughout the system. Much gratitude to these guys helping to heal the land. #holisticmanagement #regenerativeagriculture #margaretriver #organicfarm

02.01.2022 Ramen bowl goodies with googies! Thanks for this yummy share @louieats

01.01.2022 Simply to brighten your feed. #beefriendly #farmlikeagardener #gardenlikeafarmer #beautifulbiodiversity #organicfarm

01.01.2022 Thank you to our lovely customers who pointed out a webshop fail! All working ok now :-)

01.01.2022 Wish this time of year lasted longer! #hardenbergia #organicfarm #beefood #wawildflowers