Sasha Welker

Just outside the small country town of kyogle in northern NSW, nestled in the border ranges, hugging Findon Creek sits Green Goddess Farm, my farm. I’m a 27 year old female originally from suburbia who found this patch of paradise and am passionately farming 5 acres with an intensive closed loop organic system. Five years ago I certified Green Goddess FarmĀ and since then have been selling at the Lismore Organic Market and whole selling to Santos, Fundies, cafes, and many other outlets.

I grow up to 40 different varieties at once, including many heirlooms, and save seed to so many of them. I’m so pleased to be successfully farming using minimal tillage and inputs on a small intensive scale and over the next five years I’m really looking forward to perfecting these skills while still maintaining great soil health organically. My dream is to open a CSA (community shared agriculture) and invite people to the farm for pick ups and u-pick days. I would love to bring the CSA system to Australia and really make it work and make it more mainstream. Although I love my small farm I hope to acquire the land that surrounds the property, which is 150 acres, in the next few years. One of my biggest passions is supporting young farmers and there is nothing that makes me more excited then seeing young people doing well who are also Certified Organic, like us. I hope to see the industry grow, to see more young people getting Certified and realizing that it’s not overly complicated and so worth doing, and I would hope to see the consumer become more and more educated about Organics.

What sets me apart as a “Rising Star”? Well, I’m actually really successful! My partner and I are paying off our mortgage and our land by working our butts off and growing Certified Organic food for local people. I’m a young woman in rural Australia farming intensively on five acres and I love it. I’m extremely passionate about soil health, eating well, localization, and I just love to get my hands dirty. Most of all, I’m in it for the long run; I’ve found my calling in life and I’m really good at it and that’s the best feeling in the world.

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