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‘We call it our farm’: meet the Australians swapping supermarket shopping for farm shares
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Eighty families pay the bills of a family farm in south-east Queensland in exchange for fresh produce as part of a community-supported agriculture model
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In a paddock by an old shed, a crowd of “passionate eaters” and the odd farmer surround Randal Breen. This is Breen’s farm, and crowds are part of the business model.
“Before we do anything here, we ask ourselves: is it good for the animal, the land, the farmer and for the people that we feed?” Breen says.
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