Pete's Page
July/August 2010
Pete is our Farm Manager and looks after our macadamia farm as well as Brookfarm's extensive rainforest regeneration program.
As part of the Electrolux Appetite for Excellence prize package Brookfarm was chosen to host the finalists of the 2010 competition. The 7 leading young chefs, 7 waiters and 3 restaurateurs plus the other 13 people that made up the tour got to spend 45 minutes with me on the farm. This was a great opportunity to show to the finalists the environmental and sustainable way that we apply to our Macadamia farming. To have people that no doubt will go on to be Australia's leading chefs was very exciting. Although the macadamias were the star of the day, when we entered our regenerating rainforest the tour group was blown away. The Ooh's and the Ahh's and the comments that "this is amazing" almost drowned out the bird calls of our bird life. It was a great time for the finalists to visit as we are harvesting our macadamias so all aspects could be shown. Photos and story blogs are posted on the Electrolux Appetite website.
Cheers catch you next month
Farmer Pete
