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BIODYNAMIC FARMER CHARLIE ARNOTT can tell you a story about every tree, gate post or paddock on his property, Hanaminno, near Boorowa on the South West Slopes of NSW. Even the property’s name has a tale — his parents named it after Hāna Ranch, a working cattle property in Hawaii where they spent their honeymoon (an enterprise that coincidentally now shares Charlie’s passion for regenerative farming and more direct supply practices).

Charlie grew up on Hanaminno and describes the farm as his sanctuary. Together with his wife

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