Organic farming co-op gets top biz gong

Merv Carr, daughter Katie Finlay and the elated team from Harcourt Organic Farming Co-Operative are proudly pictured receiving the 'Business of the Year' award last Thursday evening.
Merv Carr, daughter Katie Finlay and the elated team from Harcourt Organic Farming Co-Operative are proudly pictured receiving the 'Business of the Year' award last Thursday evening.

Harcourt Organic Farming Co-operative has been named Mount Alexander’s ‘Business of the Year’ among eight local businesses who topped a field of 27 finalists recognised for excellence in the 2021 Mount Alexander Business Awards.
The winners were announced at a gala event in the Castlemaine Town Hall last Thursday evening.
Harcourt Organic Farming Co-operative which includes member businesses are micro-dairy (Sellar Farmhouse Creamery), fruit tree nursery (Carr’s Organic Fruit Tree Nursery), a mixed orchard (The Orchard Keepers), a market garden (Gung Hoe Growers), and an online education business (Grow Great Fruit) was also declared the shire’s Agribusiness Award winner.
Castlemaine dance studio Movement Zone won a special award recognising best practice in accessibility.
And a Covid-19 Business Resilience Award went to the Castlemaine Farmers Market for adapting so well and professionally in the pandemic. See the Mail for the full story…

Lisa Dennis
Editor of the Castlemaine Mail newspaper and senior journalist on our sister paper the Midland Express. Over the last 24 years Lisa been proudly reporting news in the Mount Alexander and Macedon Ranges communities.