Sonia and Stu are the husband and wife behind Chin Chin Farm in Chintin, VIC.
The award winning farm is a regeneration success story with Sonia and Stu originally realising that they had bought a "capeweed farm".
Over the last few years Sonia and Stu have begun a program of improving soil health, making decisions that are best for the land and what's growing on it and trying to transform it into a viable commercial success. They have applied regenerative and natural sequence farming principles instead of chemical intervention to restore and rebuild their now thriving polyculture.
They sit as award winning Lavender farmers, with Stu ascending to the position of treasurer for The Australian Lavender Growing Association (Talga) and helping drive forward Australia's emerging Lavender industry.
Not content at that, they have also developed the farm to provide viable honey, Lamb and wildflower produce as well as growing "bush foods", which they are using in a variety of their products.
Lastly they are now hosting on farm workshops in a giant Swedish teepee that they have erected on the farm, meaning people can not just enjoy their hand crafted products, from lavender oil to bush food jam but they can enjoy the farm itself.
Hosts: Jayde Timms & Sam Baff from Grown Not Flown
Guest: Sonia and Stuart Whiteman from Chin Chin Farm.
Website: www.chinchinfarm.com.au
Instagram: @chinchinfarm
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