Gippsland Food Adventures

29/12/2023

A big thank you and shout out to Lesa Nails of Wonthaggi. I took my elderly mother (91) into town to get her nails done. They did a fabulous job and then wouldn’t accept any payment. So very kind. Please I cannot recommend them highly enough.
I love getting by feet done there for a treat. Great massage and leg rub thrown in.

27/12/2023

James and Samara sadly have to move closer to Foster for work, so are putting their beautiful Meeniyan property on the market. They will be very sorry to leave this block. They’ve loved the house and the town.
Please share with anyone that might be looking for a special home.

Attention retirees, gardeners, hobby farmers, the weekenders, tradies, young couples or the discerning buyer looking for a real gem!Located only 2 minutes from the gorgeous village of Meeniyan is this lovely home on small acreage, where the options are endless. With stunning established tr...

23/03/2023

JENNY O’SULLIVAN

With a childhood spent growing up on the land and a degree in Agricultural Science underpinning her work, Jenny O’Sullivan runs her own agri-consultancy business - ‘Linking Environment, Agriculture & People’. With a 664-hectare mixed farming base shared with husband Paul in Tarwin Lower, Jenny works extensively within the wider agricultural industry as well.

Holding an early role with the Department of Agriculture in Victoria, Jenny worked on delivering courses that enabled farms to transition to a rotational grazing system, ground-breaking and transformational for its time.

Jenny has a dual passion for environment and sustainability and is a long-term member of Tarwin Landcare. Sharing her concerns about community perceptions of farming, Jenny muses “we don’t do an effective enough job of communicating what we are doing. The Australian Beef Sustainability Framework shows we have reduced our emissions by 58% since 2005. Our goal is to be carbon neutral by 2030. Of all the industries in Australia, with the exception of the manufacturing industry, we have done the most to reduce emissions, but there’s no recognition of that”.

Celebrate Her! Stories of South Gippsland Women’ available by donation across South Gippsland now in support of Foster.

Published by Michelle Gordon AC
Authors Sarah Westwood & Karin Ruff
Editor Sally-Anne Watson Kane
Photographs by Karli Duckett
Design by Anita Belia
Prepared by Clancy’s Printing Service & Bass Coast Printing

24/12/2022

Lol

18/12/2022

Farmhands or farmpaws?

27/10/2022

02/08/2022

Great to welcome Newhaven College year 9 geography group to Malabar Farm to share how we run the farm and the challenges facing the industry.

22/04/2022

Lovely to chat about what we do.

It's PodTime People!

And it's another cracker where we hear from local people doing great things in the local environment.

Jenny and Paul O'Sullivan farm in South Gippsland and are great advocates for their community, their business and the environment.

In this episode, Jenny and Paul provide a commentary as we drive around the property talking everything from pre-European settlement, early settler activity, changing climate, the beef industry target of being carbon neutral by 2030 and the pleasure they derive from running a property sustainably.

Check it out wherever you get your pods.

10/12/2021

Words from outgoing chair, Tess Herbert of the beef framework. Very proud to be on the steering group that works to get the data and report on industries progress each year.
https://youtu.be/1tK9zncGaNw

Tess Herbert, chair of the Sustainability Steering Group for the Australian Beef Sustainability Framework, talks the importance of the framework to the Austr...

03/11/2021

Been great to be involved with this project to help develop tools to help farmers plan and prepare for extreme weather events. New maps and information just released by BOM.
https://www.beefcentral.com/weather/bureau-of-meteorology-releases-new-climate-outlook-tool/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Beef%20Central%20News%20Headlines%20November%203%202021&utm_content=Beef%20Central%20News%20Headlines%20November%203%202021+CID_6a3e6b2df0ebb89ace1396f2e88733c6&utm_source=eGenerator&utm_term=Click%20here%20for%20full%20story

16/09/2021

Good news- enjoy your guilt free lamb. Australia’s sheep meat sector is climate-neutral says CSIRO
https://www.sheepcentral.com/131101-2/?fbclid=IwAR1KDPc-bmNbjhT9S95-HLduM13nNEh_efvCbsHtveDbQ0aEaxI7WAs7mnA

RESEARCH by the CSIRO shows Australia’s sheep meat sector, despite having increased production over the past 30 years, is making no contribution to global temperature increases and its impact is trending downward...Read More

27/08/2021

I know which I would prefer. Give me natural any day.

13/08/2021

We all know that cows (and other ruminants animals like sheep) emit methane, a strong greenhouse gas. But this methane is part of a natural, or biogenic, carbon cycle where the methane breaks down into CO2 and water after about 12 years.

24/07/2021

A great article in this weeks Stock amd Land.

https://www.stockandland.com.au/story/7341155/sustainable-approach-key-to-raising-quality-grass-fed-beef/

Paul and Jenny O'Sullivan's grazing operation is focused on sustainable management of their land and livestock.

01/06/2021

Love this video promoting Aussie Lamb to the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSFbs1HSrGQ

Real Australian farmers sharing with you what happens on an Australian cattle or sheep farm.Master Chef Tarek, the first Arab Master Chef and Ambassador of L...

05/05/2021

The beef industry is doing a great deal to ensure welfare of animals and people in the industry and improve the environmental sustainability of practices and production. See latest video fromlaunch of 2021 report.

The Australian Beef Sustainability Framework was developed by the Australian beef industry to meet the changing expectations of customers, consumers, investo...

12/04/2021

We found this little girl koala at the base of some eucalyptus trees a few days ago. She was lethargic and wouldn't attempt to run away. Although looking very healthy, her behaviour was odd. So I rang the wonderful wildlife carer who has taken her home for some special love and care. She is not really eating so off to the vet today for blood tests.
We have planted lots of tree to create habitat for our local Koalas. Normally we have a very healthy population. Hope we can work out what is wrong with this youngster.
We are so lucky to have wonderful wildlife carers who are skilled and knowledgable about our native animals needs. Thanks Georgia and Cathy Truong for finding her.

12/04/2021

22/03/2021

Pleased to promote the great work happening on farms across Aistralia through Landcare. Well done Country Road and Landcare Australia

And how we can all shape a better future

23/02/2021

We've did some direct seeding in 2017 to create shade and shelter in new paddocks we have created when we changed fence positions. These photos are taken 2 and a half years apart and then another year on. The area was sown in August 2017 using seed from the South Gippsland Seedbank. We are thrilled with the result in the low lying areas on the farm. The drier areas were not as successful and in those areas I have had to follow up with tube stock and will be quite a time before I get as good a result as this. Amazing growth in last 12 months.

02/12/2020

Great program about what the industry is doing to report on its footprint. The Australian Beef sustainability Framework is worth reading if you are interested in red meat production.
https://www.abc.net.au/landline/the-scorecard:-annual-scorecard-to-reassure/12884562?utm_campaign=145836_Australian%20Beef%20Sustainability%20Framework%20newsletter%20November%202020&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Meat%20%26%20Livestock%20Australia&dm_i=4PKB,34J0,12EAMU,ADZY,1

The beef industry has introduced an annual score card to reassure customers and critics that it is humane and environmentally sustainable.

31/08/2020

Great collaboration happening both in Australia and around the world with livestock and moving towards sustainable , equitable systems to meet the food needs of people now and in the future. http://www.livestockdialogue.org/about-agenda/about-the-agenda/en/
https://youtu.be/3NmL8DjMOXQ

http://www.livestockdialogue.org/ The video briefly traverses the background to the Global Agenda of Action; outlines its objectives and the three initial Ag...

14/08/2020

We've got the best office in the world! Love the aerial shots here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySALmoxhQtw

Jenny and Paul O’Sullivan run a 680 ha beef and sheep property in South Gippsland, Victoria. Over the past 30 years, Jenny and Paul have developed many initi...

10/08/2020

We are closed with Covid restrictions in place and will stay closed until it is safe for us to mix again. We are happy to do any on-line activities speaking with students about beef and sheep farming if interested.
These are our cows due to start calving in early September. Enjoying some hay for a snack. We don't buy any outside feed onto the farm. We grow grass, and in the spring conserve excess feed to feed back to the cows in autumn and winter when we have less grass and the animals can damage the wet paddocks with their hooves.
Stay safe everyone.

10/08/2020

New lambs coming everywhere- perfect weather for it today. We scan our ewes and put them in mobs of those having triplets, twins and singles. - this is our triplet mob. We had 85 ewes having triplets. These two mums are doing well. Big job when you only have two teats! I love this time of the year.