REGENERATIVE FARMING
At Lakey Farm, we are converting CO2 into soil carbon by our judicious regenerative farming. Low stocking rates, rotational mixed grazing, respecting native pasture, cover cropping, native tree revegetation and wildlife corridors, and use of dung beetles.
We raise livestock
We graze the pasture
We farm the soil
Rotational Grazing
Livestock are moved through our paddocks, the rotations are timed to allow native grasses and forbs to flower and set seed
ORDER OUR FARM PRODUCE
FARMERS MARKETS & CSA MEAT BOX COLLECTION HUBS
Ballarat Farmers Market - 2nd Saturday of the month, 9am–1pm
Collingwood Children's Farm Farmers Market in Alphington - 2nd Sunday of the month, 9am–1pm
Sunbury Farm Collection - 2nd Friday and Saturday of the month, 3pm-5pm
Castlemaine Farmers Market - 3rd & 4th Wednesday of the month, 2:30pm–5:30pm
Coburg Farmers Market - 3rd Saturday of the month, 8am–1pm
Alphington Farmers Market - 3rd Sunday of the month, 9am–1pm
Malmsbury Farmers Market - 3rd Sunday of the month, 9am–1pm
Farmers Markets & CSA Dates
Farmers Markets & CSA Dates
Farmers Market Information
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Ballarat Farmers Market
2nd SaturdayAvailable produce: lamb, beef, mutton, goat and pre-ordered wines - Pinot Noir, Rose, Sparkling Rose, Carmenere, Verdelho and Viognier.
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Castlemaine Farmers Market
3rd & 4th wednesdayAvailable produce: lamb, beef, mutton, goat and pre-ordered wines - Pinot Noir, Rose, Sparkling Rose, Carmenere, Verdelho and Viognier.
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Alphington Farmers Market
3rd sundayAvailable produce: lamb, beef, mutton, goat and our wines - Pinot Noir, Rose, Sparkling Rose, Carmenere, Verdelho and Viognier.
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Collingwood Childrens Farm
2nd SaturdayAvailable produce: beef, mutton, goat and pre-ordered lamb and our wines - Pinot Noir, Rose, Sparkling Rose, Carmenere, Verdelho and Viognier.
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Coburg Farmers Market
3rd SaturdayAvailable produce: lamb, beef, mutton, goat and our wines - Pinot Noir, Rose, Sparkling Rose, Carmenere, Verdelho and Viognier.
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Malmsbury Farmers Market
3rd SundayAvailable produce: beef, mutton, goat and pre-ordered wines - Pinot Noir, Rose, Sparkling Rose, Carmenere, Verdelho and Viognier.
RECIPES
Crab Apple & Sage Glaze Chuck Spare Ribs
Vitello Tonnato
Beef Stir-fry with Plum Sauce
Grasses and Vines
Our vineyard soils have a dual purpose, feeding our vines and native grasses. We produce wine and meat from the same land.
FARM BLOG
Talking beef cuts
Slow cooking
Mixed Grazing
Cattle, sheep, goats graze different plants in the pasture, preventing overgrazing of selected plants which bares the soil
OUR FARM ANIMALS
Dung Beetles
Solar powered poo tractor....it is the dung beetle. Moving and storing livestock dung into the depths of the soil