Right at the edge of the Great Dividing Range, the Zintara landscape is a beautiful collage of impossible granite bouldery and ancient gum trees, located in a narrow valley where the floodplain quickly runs up to steep hills, often enshrouded in unyielding winter mists. 

It is home to James, Jess and Rex, our herd of Black Angus cattle, our growing herd of Boer goats and myriad species of flora and fauna (native and otherwise). We operate a medium scale farm that tries to balance ecology, (European) human occupation, animal husbandry and financial stability. 

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We sell what we produce via a membership-based CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program.  

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Read more about our CSA

Zintara Values

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A belief (backed up with a whole lot of observation) in the power of nature and its ability to heal and regenerate.

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A belief that we can and should contribute to this process

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The food we eat does not have to compromise between our own nourishment and care for the landscape. The best farming achieves both—landscape management that produces healthier, more delicious food, and food production that enhances the ecology of which it is a part

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Delicious ethical food has a positive impact on everything it touches, from the sky right down to the soil microbiota

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The most meaningful connections are made over food

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Zintara Principles

Animal welfare:

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Calm, low-stress handling of animals

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Calves stay with their mothers for the first year of life

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Species appropriate diet of diverse perennial grasses and legumes

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No prophylactic drenching, hormones or antibiotics

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Regenerative management

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Paddocks are rested for at least 6 months, usually a year, sometimes longer

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We view the animal as an agent of regeneration, not a unit of production. Their job is to help cycle carbon, fertilise the soil and stimulate growth

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Frequent herd moves and long paddock rests make for healthy animals, healthy soil and regenerating ecologies

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Use of goats for control of invasive weeds and nutrient redistribution, balancing our grazers with our foragers

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No inputs:

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Zero use of herbicides, fungicides, pesticides or fertilisers

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Zero irrigation

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No spraying, tilling, ploughing, cultivating or seeding

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Cattle are 100% pasture-fed their entire lives; no grain, no hay

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Healthy, nutrient dense, delicious produce:

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See above ‘No inputs’ and ‘Animal welfare’

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See: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35127297/

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