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Wade Mann

@hydroponicwade

Senior grower at Family Fresh Farms in NSW. 2015 Nuffield Australia Scholar. #CRL2017. #PEP2019

 Peats Ridge, New South Wales
familyfreshfarms.com.au
Joined September 2013
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Summer on the Central Coast - a leisurely day on the mower today - cutting a hectare a day to keep the grass at bay!
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Vegetarian #sausage factory in full speed with awesome #Spring weather #Qukes #primaryproduction @hortinix
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A tough day today as we farewell a #legendary #nuffield family member. Farewell mate. ⁦@BeCognisant⁩ thoughts with you all. ⁦@nuffieldaust⁩ ⁦@NuffieldFarming⁩
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The next #progeny of #aspiring young #primary producers have been revealed today to commence their respective #NuffieldAg scholarship program in 2021. Congratulations #forwardsever #backwardsnever
Nuffield Australia (@nuffieldaust) profile pictureNuffield Australia@nuffieldaust27 Oct 2020
We are delighted to announce 20 of Australia’s leading agriculturalists have today been awarded prestigious Nuffield Scholarships for 2021. Read more: nuffield.com.au/post/meet-th… #Nuffieldag #AusAg #AgChatOz
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Happy Sunday everyone! It’s business as usual here @ #FamilyFreshFarms - we are all busy harvesting delicious, crunchy, snack cucumbers #Qukes for the #Australian #consumers ! #proudfoodproducer #hightech #highwire #glasshouse #protectedcropping
Image from Nicky Mann - Hortinix (@hortinix)
Image from Nicky Mann - Hortinix (@hortinix)
Image from Nicky Mann - Hortinix (@hortinix)
Image from Nicky Mann - Hortinix (@hortinix)
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The #F1 season has finally resumed & so too has harvest of our newly planted #Qukes crop. All our harvest trolleys are on the #grid waiting for their #proharvesters & the #green light for go... #FamilyFreshFarms #nutritious & #delicious
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What an awesome sunrise here at #FamilyFreshFarms - hoping everyone has a brilliant day and takes pleasure in how good Mother Earth is! #protectedcropping #glasshouse #gratitude #peatsridge #centralcoast #australia #newsouthwales
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Got the 3rd yr nursing/paramedicine student doing health checks twice a day on all staff at #FamilyFreshFarms - just like we treat our cucumbers crops like they are in intensive care in the #glasshouse so we are doing the same for our team! #COVID19 #COVID19Aus
Image from Nicky Mann - Hortinix (@hortinix)
Image from Nicky Mann - Hortinix (@hortinix)
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It’s very grey and wet outside but absolutely gorgeous and warm inside thanks to our glasshouse and waste-wood bio-mass boiler. Of course we could do with a little more radiation but things are still progressing nicely in here 💪🥒#protectedcropping #familyfreshfarms #qukes
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@hydroponicwade setting up his crop registration plants in valve 7. He does this in every valve in the glasshouse. The data we gather each week is vital to growing decisions & recording of our results gives = valuable resource. #glasshouse #precisionag #qukes #familyfreshfarms
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What a gorgeous view today in the glasshouse! Really grateful for some higher radiation levels (sun) today after a week of dull weather! This will help the #Qukes really push and fill fruit! #familyfreshfarms #highwire #hydroponics #protectedcropping #glasshouse #snack #cucumber
Image from Nicky Mann - Hortinix (@hortinix)
Image from Nicky Mann - Hortinix (@hortinix)
Image from Nicky Mann - Hortinix (@hortinix)
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Look at my view today! Precision agriculture in action:) Stunning crop of mini snack cucumbers grown in high-wire under diffused glass. What’s your view today in #ag or #protectedcropping #Qukes #FamilyFreshFarms #hydroponics
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And......we have flowers on our 2.5ha of #Qukes planted on Thursday 9/1/2020! Amazing vigorous seedlings supplied by #Withcott nursery. Growing team at #FamilyFreshFarms delighted with the progress of our 17th snack cucumber crop! #glasshouse #highwire #minisnackcucumbers
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Putting out #cucumeris out on our stunning young #snack #cucumber plants which were planted yesterday. #IPM #QUKES #FamilyFreshFarms #glasshouse #highwire #hydroponic
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Those of you who are preparing to leave your farms for two weeks to attend #CRL2020 may be feeling a little stressed right now, just as @rich_bower did. Here he explains why it’s worth the stress. youtu.be/Ezy7NaRIL4k
Richard Bower

Richard Bower

Richard Bower - 23rd Challenge of Rural Leadership Participant

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A great cure for a #NY hangover... #solarization of glasshouses between #qukes crop change #familyfreshfarms
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Image from Wade Mann (@hydroponicwade)
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What a stunning evening sky - watching the glasshouse roof washer starting it’s night duty. #glasshouse #centralcoast #protectedcropping #qukes #minisnackcucumbers #FamilyFreshFarms
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Sunset @ #FamilyFreshFarms on what I remember as May Day in a previous life in #Africa
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And a few more pics from the @RabobankAU #Farm2Fork event at Cockatoo Island yesterday, including a great group photo of Scholar Alumni in attendance #RaboF2F #NuffieldAg #Agriculture #Food #Innovation
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Image from Nuffield Australia (@nuffieldaust)
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