By Victoria Cosford (in the Byron Shire Echo) Chris and Kaye Casagrande can stretch their avocado season out to nine months of the year because of their two main varieties, Hass and Fuerte. Among the original stallholders at the Byron Farmers Market, the Nashua-based couple grows, apart from their glorious creamy avos, custard apples and [...]

Wally and Vicki of Nashua Valley Organics at Nashua have been producing for nine years. They grow eggs, vegetables (certified organic) and coffee (soon to be certified organic) sold via farmers markets. How they grow: introduced chickens two years ago to help control weeds and aid in fertilising veg patch used on a rotation system [...]