The aroma of baking bread fills the backyard. Sweet, dark and nutty it rolls around on the breeze. In the kitchen out the back of a home in the heart of Daylesford, two women perform a much-practised dance as the knead, shape and bake beautiful looking sourdough loaves. The space is not expansive, so they have worked ways to move around each other that are almost balletic. They are Katy Bauer and Alison Wilken, the brains, brawn and passion behind Two Fold Bakehouse.
Read MoreRalf Fink is a Fleischmeister. A German master butcher. Born near Dortmund in the north east of Germany he grew up around smallgoods. His father Otto was also a Fleischmeister, and they both graduated from the same academy in Frankfurt. "I was sixteen when I started my apprenticeship," says Ralf. He speaks English with a soft German accent and grammatic perfection. Clean cut and well-presented he maintains high standards.
Read MoreAlison Pouliot changed the way I see the world and she continues to do so.
Read MoreThe morning summer air is filled with the fragrance of a thousand roses.
Read MoreThe grass is almost waist high and you can barely see the sheep. They are Suffolk, a breed of sheep that originated in England about 200 years ago with square bodies and open black faces which means they don’t have fleece on their face.
Read MoreWhen Yandoit farmer Paul Righetti went to register the name Real Eggs for his pasture raised eggs the authorities put the kaibosh on all that. He’d been calling his eggs ‘Real Eggs’ for years but had to settle on Honest Egg Company…
Read MoreThe pigs at Brooklands Free Range Farm have one of the best views in the world. The herd of Berkshire pigs grunt and snuffle…
Read MoreThe cheese in front of me is a thing of beauty. A network of tiny veins of blue-green mould interlacing a solid block of yellow gold cheese…
Read MoreThe plate is covered in salume. Fine pink folds of prosciutto. Slices of salami stippled with flecks of ground pepper…
Read MoreThere is a chill in the air. The surrounding bush is quiet but there are two boisterous dogs amongst the oak trees. Ella and Marla are truffle dogs…
Read MoreIt’s the final days of the chestnut harvest and a battle for the last of the crop is being waged between the cockies and the drones…
Read MoreThe apple crop in Harcourt is ripening nicely. The long, warm March, while a headache to many farmers, has allowed...
Read MoreThe birdlife on Florien Hofinger’s farm is quite remarkable. Especially when you consider...
Read MoreLate last year Bruce Burton’s big fat chickens were described as the best chook in the country...
Read MoreFiona Briers lives on top of a volcano. An extinct volcano...
Read MoreAngus Beaumont was born into a meat family. His grandfather...
Read MoreDes O’Toole is one of those blokes whose mouth barely opens when he talks. A hard-working bushman...
Read MoreTammi Jonas has a problem with authority.
The outspoken Eganstown cattle and pig farmer produces high quality and ethically raised free-range beef and pork...
