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Ellouise Crawford

Ellouise Crawford joined The Bunyip in April, 2010, while completing a Bachelor of Journalism at the University of South Australia. Ellouise wrote The Bunyip’s Playford Times before joining the editorial team full-time in late-2011. She now covers the Light Regional Council region and enjoys writing about Gawler’s strong heritage, as well as its many passionate and inspirational residents. Ellouise grew up in Gawler and now lives in Wasleys with her family.

Horticulture

Tomatoes and cucumbers, grown to perfection at Two Wells

WITH the title of Australia’s biggest glasshouse, Perfection Fresh at Two Wells has the large-scale production and yield to match. More than 730,000 plants, including more than 10 commercial varieties of tomatoes, are grown across glasshouses...

Ellouise Crawford

November 2023

Horticulture

Farm that adds the mix to your plate

THE Giangregorio family know a thing or two about patience, perseverance and commitment. Together Joe and Antonietta, along with daughters Juliet and Maria, are Rainbow Fresh – a salad growing business out on the Adelaide Plains. Their 300 acre...

Ellouise Crawford

June 2023

Horticulture

Grown and packaged on the Plains

THE Pye family is known for growing its famous potatoes at Parilla, in the Mallee region, but it relies on the ideal growing conditions of Virginia and surrounds to keep up its year-round supply of fresh vegetables. Zerella Fresh, owned by the Pye...

Ellouise Crawford

April 2023

Horticulture

For the love of roses, farm blooms

SOME roses stand out for their striking colour, some for their pleasant scent and others are favoured for their heritage or hardiness. But for commercial rose grower Andrew Delengas, all the rose varieties he grows are his favourite. However, he...

Ellouise Crawford

January 2023

Horticulture

Next best grape starts here

THE remnants of an ancient sandhill have proved the perfect place to put down roots to a thriving table grape nursery for one Freeling family. Viticulturist Wayne Farquhar purchased land southeast of the Freeling township 22 years ago, originally...

Ellouise Crawford

October 2022

Dairy

Pet cow ignited James’s dairy passion

GAWLER’S last remaining Jersey farm may have been lost years ago if not for the passion of a 10-year-old boy and his desire for a pet cow of his own. James Krieg (pictured), now 23, had grown up around the stories of his great-grandfather’s and...

Ellouise Crawford

July 2022

SA Farmer

Karl makes SA proud

EUDUNDA fifth-generation farmer Karl Milde has taken out the honourable title of National Rural Ambassador for 2021 at the recent Sydney Royal Easter Show. Mr Milde, 25, is passionate about youth involvement in agricultural shows, sustainable...

Ellouise Crawford

April 2022

Cropping

The family business providing local produce from the carrot-top shelf

ALMOST from the moment he could walk, Virginia’s Doug Nicol (pictured) was out in the paddocks helping his parents hand-pick carrots to be sold at market. Fast-forward to now and Nicol Carrots is a second-generation family company producing an...

Ellouise Crawford

February 2022