The goal has always been to provide a high-quality, nutritious product in a manner that is profitable and minimises impact on the surrounding environment. With the Great Barrier Reef lagoon less than 10 kilometres downstream, Mike and Rene Gaia and their son Brett feel that they have a responsibility to ‘adopt clean water practices for the benefit of neighbouring wetlands and the Great Barrier Reef’. They believe that better soil health is the key to a commercially viable plantation, producing a more nutritious product with less nutrient, sediment and chemical run-off to adjacent wetlands. To learn more about soil health and the sustainability of their farming practices they attended specialised courses, trialled different management approaches and talked to experts. Click here to read more…
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