Mental Health

From city nurse to West Gippsland dairy farmer, Trish Hammond’s story is one of grit, and glass-half-full living. Fifteen years ago, with a toddle...

Third-generation on the same 200 acres his grandfather bought in 1939, Mick Fusinato never planned to be a dairy farmer — but 30-plus years later ...

At just 18, Bonnie Ross is already the heartbeat of her family's Heath Hill dairy. Fresh out of school and having just completed her Cert III Dair...

Sarah – Sixth-Generation Jersey Girl Sixth-generation, third-generation on this farm which is the only metro dairy farm in Victoria/ Aust...

Third-generation Mat Warren left school at 16 for one reason: cows. From 400 with his parents Wayne & Trudi. Later Yvette joined the family an...

From a pushbike and basically nothing, Craig McWhinney and Kellie Orgill have spent the last 19 years turning a rundown Shady Creek block into on...

Tom Hooper is the Melbourne private-school boy who swapped city life for gumboots and never looked back. Four years into dairy, Tom is transition...

In Memory of Bruce Manintveld: A Story of Love, Loss, and Resilience February is a bittersweet month for the Gippsland community, as it marks the ...

‘We refused to inherit dysfunction. We learnt new ways of living instead of repeating what we had lived through. It was up to us to break genera...

‘I was too busy chasing more, that I ended up with less. Don’t take the people in your life for granted in the pursuit of a bigger dream.’

In 2016 Anthony and his partner at the time, Mads, bought 277 acres in Yarram while they were still in their early to mid 20’s. Anthony loved being able to see his two young children during the day. However, he was striving and working so hard to build the farm’s profits that the things he loved most began to slowly slip away. The farm came with great reward, but also a huge private cost. 

Produced by Connect Well East Gippsland + Wellington and Gippsland Jersey, the 2022 'The Hand that Feeds You" calendar includes the stories of 12 East Gippsland farmers and extols the virtues  of sharing and recognising the inner struggles many of us, especially those who work on the  land, have faced in the past 12 months.