Cressida Cains, Pecora Dairy
Cressida Cains, Pecora Dairy
Cressida Cains 2020 AgriFutures Rural Women's Award NSW/ACT winner and national runner up and co-founder of Pecora Dairy, the face of For the Love of Ag.
Cressida co-founded Pecora Dairy, an artisan sheep milk dairy and cheesery located in Robertson in 2011. Producing rich, creamy milk for making sensational globally recognised ewes milk cheeses. The light-handed approach Cressida takes, utilising a philosophy of gentleness on the land and towards the ewes is pivotal to producing such high-quality cheese.
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Peter and Jack O’Connor, Oxton Park
Peter and Jack O’Connor, Oxton Park
Peter and Jack O’Connor are 4th and 5th Generation farmers running their corporate scale family enterprise of 18 properties across the Harden / Young area.
Oxton Park produces crops, wool and prime lamb and is celebrating their centenary of operation. This production mix helps diversify and spread risk across the business and plays a critical role in many areas including integrated weed management, drought resistance and response to changing market conditions.
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Georgie Kelly and Family, Rugby Station
Tim Kirk, Clonakilla
John Mauger, Mauger’s Meats
Georgie Kelly and Family, Rugby Station
Georgie Kelly is a 6th generation grazier and the livestock manager of the family owned Rugby Station. The farm produces Free Range Sustainable Wool with a long-term, regenerative farm management ethos.
Free range practices and genetic selection raises strong, healthy and fertile sheep, producing world class wool.
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Tim Kirk, Clonakilla
Tim Kirk, CEO and Chief Winemaker, was named Gourmet Traveller Wines' Winemaker of the Year in 2013. Receiving a number of International wine awards, Clonakilla’s wines have consistently earned critical acclaim.
Renowned as one of the best wineries in Australia, Clonakilla is a small, family business dedicated to producing distinctive, handcrafted cool climate wines in limited quantities, located in Murrumbateman.
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John Mauger, Mauger’s Meats
John has been involved in the family business since the age of 16. Established in 1972, John follows the family principles of paddock to plate by raising grass-fed beef and lamb on free-range pasture and selling the meat directly through their butcher shop.
In addition to the farm, wholesale and retail businesses, the family offers comprehensive, farm tours on their property to educate the public on why raising livestock naturally and grass-fed is better for the animal, the environment, and the taste.
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