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True Business StoriesWayne Schild - Grange GarlicWayne has a grown up in the Western Districts of Victoria and after many years as a Paramedic has now gone back to farming, growing garlic. The family business is vertically integrated, linking the worlds of horticulture and food processing to create a proudly 100% Australian quality product2023-06-0233 min
Innovation AgBonus Episode: Wayne Schild - From paramedic to big-thinking, commercial farmer Wayne Schild's journey from paramedic to commercial farmer has taken guts, vision and plenty of curiosity. In this bonus episode, we're playing the extended interview with Wayne, who we spoke to in Episode 6 - 'Staying Operational While Innovating'. Wayne grows garlic in Victoria's Western districts where farmers mainly produce sheep and wool.It's been a huge journey for his business called Grange Garlic, from the lows of suffering major crop losses, to the highs of finding a way to mechanize his operations - allowing the business to move from artisan to commercial. ...2023-05-1738 minInnovation AgEpisode 6: Staying operational while innovatingSo far we’ve heard a lot about innovation in ag – about what it is, about considerations to factor into the decision-making process and we’ve also heard stories about how others have gone about funding a new tool, practice, trial or project. So, now we're ready to innovate, right? Well hang on a minute, because first we need to talk about one of the biggest barriers to changing systems or practices. And that is... you generally have to keep your operations going while you do it. This episode we’ll hear...2023-03-2842 min