Guest: Sam Statham from Rosnay Organic farm near Canowindra, NSW
Introduction to this episode:
My guest on this episode of the series is Sam Statham who grows vines, olive and fig trees on his farm, Rosnay located near to the town of Canowindra in the central west of NSW. This is also the home of Sam’s family his wife Simone and their three children Molly, Georgie and Floyd. Sam himself grew up with his two brothers on a family farm in NSW which he describes as a bush paradise of rough, hilly country, mostly non arable and often drought declared.
During a life changing trip around New Zealand in the 1990s, Sam visited biodynamic farms there and took that biodynamic experience back into the family farm. Over the last 20 years Sam and his own family have continued to develop their farm using organic and biodynamic practices as well as turning it into a community title subdivision, with multiple growers working together under an organic covenant.
A written account of Sam's biodynamic growing experiences is contained in a companion text profile booklet of all the guests interviewed for this podcast series. Also entitled ‘Stories of our Biodynamic Farmers and Gardeners in Australia' details of this written publication are available from the Biodynamics Agriculture Australia Ltd. website.
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GUEST AND OTHER CONTACT DETAILS:
Guest: Sam Statham
Rosnay Organic and Rivers Roads Organic Farms: Email:info@rosnay.com.au Tel: (02) 63443215 Web: https://rosnay.com.au/
Podcast production:
Householders’ Options to Protect the Environment (HOPE) Inc.(Australia)
Tel: 07 4639 2135 Email WEB Facebook
Biodynamic Agriculture Australia Ltd.
25 Nobles Lane, BELLINGEN, NSW 2454,Australia
Tel: 02 6655 0566 Email WEB Facebook
Production details:
Produced for HOPE by Andrew Nicholson. This episode recorded in Toowoomba, S.E. Queensland, Australia on 25th October date 2023.
Interview questions developed by: Anna Kula-Kaczmarski (HOPE) Incidental Music: James Nicholson
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