2019
2019 Young Grower of the Year, Daniel Hoffman is a 35-year-old vegetable grower from Penfield, South Australia, specialising in IPM and Biodynamic farming of Tomatoes, capsicums, eggplant, cucumber and bunch lins.
Meet the 2019 Nominees2018 Young Grower of the Year
Chris McLoghlin
Chris McLoghlin of The Organic Mushroom Farm has taken out this year’s prestigious AUSVEG Young Grower of the Year Award.
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Chris McLoghlin
Chris McLoghlin of The Organic Mushroom Farm has taken out this year’s prestigious AUSVEG Young Grower of the Year Award.
Young Grower of the Year 2018
Victorian mushroom producer Chris McLoghlin of The Organic Mushroom Farm has taken out this year’s prestigious AUSVEG Young Grower of the Year Award.
Chris is the founder and director of The Organic Mushroom Farm which markets the Mycelia Organics brand of mushrooms through independent grocers and the major retailers nationally. The Farm is the largest certified organic mushroom farming company in Australia.
Read more about his fellow nominees
WINNER - Chris McLoghlin Age 33, Melbourne, Victoria
| Business | The Organic Mushroom Farm |
| Expertise | Director |
| Crop Focus | Mushrooms |
| Methods | Certified Organic |
Daniel Hammond Age 34, Bairnsdale, Victoria
| Business | Bulmer Farms |
| Expertise | Horticulture |
| Crop Focus | Salad lines and baby broccoli |
| Methods | Balanced |
Olivia Ryan Age 22, Ballarat, Victoria
| Business | McCain Foods Limited |
| Expertise | Agronomist |
| Crop Focus | Potatoes |
| Favourite Beneficial Bug | Ladybird and Hoverfly - they eat a LOT of bad bugs |
Daniel Quattrocchi Age 28, Adelaide, South Australia
| Business | Monika’s Organics |
| Expertise | Manager - All Operations |
| Crop Focus | Bunch Lines |
| Methods | Certified Organic |
Jake Shadbolt Age 23, Swan Hill, Victoria
| Business | Scotties Point Farms |
| Expertise | Vegetable Production |
| Crop Focus | Onions, Broccoli and Beetroot |
| Methods | Conventional |
Stephanie Corrigan Age 28, Clyde, Victoria
| Business | Corrigan Produce Farms |
| Expertise | Farming |
| Crop Focus | Baby Cos, Celery, Kale, Leeks, |
| Silverbeet,Pak Choy, Onions | |
| Methods | Integrated Pest Management |
Mitchell East Age 25, Manjimup, Western Australia
| Business | Willarra Gold |
| Expertise | Farmer/Grower |
| Crop Focus | Tropical Fruits, Vegetable Production |
| Methods | Permaculture and IPM - We work with what |
| we’ve got with soil health and nutrition |
Past Winners and Nominees
Corteva Agricience have been proud sponsors of the annual Hort Innovations Young Grower of the Year award since 2018. Meet all of our past winners and nominees.
2021
Potato grower Xavier Toohey from Wallace in Victoria was the 2021 Winner of the Young Grower of the Year Award. Xavier was praised for his leadership and tenacity.
Meet the 2021 Nominees