Three Farmers
Meet Ashley Wiese, Megan Gooding and Garren Knell, the Three Farmers from Western Australia! These Three Farmers are an integral part of our supply chain, sustainably growing and supplying us with quinoa and wheat free oats.
The quinoa we acquire from Three Farmers is grown sustainably, but what exactly does that mean and why is it important? Here's what they have to say about it!
''In short, it means we care. We care about the environment in which our quinoa is grown; we care about the soil (the past, present and future) into which it is grown; and we care about the livelihood of the broader environment: the families whose agricultural livelihoods are sustained by the successful and sustainable commercialisation of our crop.
We grow our quinoa on Australian soil. This is no small thing. Compare the climate of the world’s largest quinoa grower, Bolivia, with ours and you’ll notice they’re very different. We discovered this in our first trial!
There are multiple strains of quinoa, though, so our challenge has been to match the right seed with the right climate for that seed - our climate! It’s how we worked with nature to discover what sustainability looks like under an Australian sun.
Our Quinoa is sun-ripened on our farms to produce seeds of the highest nutritional quality.
Our vertically integrated supply chain is rigorously monitored and audited with potential growers subjecting themselves and their farms to stringent and transparent scrutiny.
We ensure our product is chemical free. Combined with the right seed, the right climate, the right farmers and our Australian sun, we’re energising those who enjoy the goodness of what we’re growing; in Australia and beyond.''
When you purchase a bag of Red Tractor Quinoa, you can be sure you are getting one of the very best Australian grown products, high in quality and produced with highly sustainable practices.