Old fashioned butchery and old fashioned production methods have come together at one farm between Hartley and Oberon to feed a modern demand for clean, green produce.
In 1990, the then radiographer, Katrina Prescott, returned to her father’s 405-hectare property, “AntHill”, at Lowther, to find pastures in need of some attention.
“There were no dung beetles, no worms – we dug all over the property and the soil was just dead everywhere,” she said.
This coincided with the introduction of organic methods as they worked towards their organic registration in 1995.
Ms Prescott introduced minerals for the cattle which were designed to balance the herd’s needs.
She said the cattle effectively became fertiliser spreaders across the farm as the minerals passed through them and onto pasture.
Full story in The Land January 7.
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