Organic producers adapt to the circumstances

Gregor Heard
Updated September 22 2020 - 10:43am, first published September 21 2020 - 5:00pm
Meg Blake, Bellelen Grampians Organics, is selling vegie boxes from her property at Pomonal after stopping going to Melbourne farmers' markets due to COVID-19.
Meg Blake, Bellelen Grampians Organics, is selling vegie boxes from her property at Pomonal after stopping going to Melbourne farmers' markets due to COVID-19.

WHEN Meg and Rod Blake, Bellelen Grampians Organics, based at Pomonal in Victoria's Grampians region, made the decision it was no longer possible to attend the Melbourne farmers' markets that made up the majority of their sales, a plan B had to be found.

Gregor Heard

Gregor Heard

National Grains Industry Reporter

Gregor Heard is ACM's national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his 15 years in the role. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. Some of the major issues he has reported on during his time with the company include the deregulation of the export wheat market, the introduction of genetically modified crops and the fight to protect growers better from grain trader insolvencies. Still involved with the family farm he is passionate about rural Australia and its people and hopes to use his role to act as an advocate for those involved in the grain sector.

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