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First Name	Sally
Last Name	Stone-Schack
Nickname	sstoneschack
Profile Type	Producer
Sub Catchment / Suburb	Margaret River, Western Australia
Postcode	6285
State	WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Country	Australia
Agricultural Land Manager	Yes
Land Managed Property Size	Small (< 20ha)
Land Managed Primary Usage	Mixed Farming
Your Primary Crops	Market Gardener
Primary Livestock You Manage	Chickens
Your Age	20 to 30
Areas of interest	Biological Inputs, Carbon Farming, Farm Case Studies, Farm Planning, Integrated Pest Management, Multi species Pastures and Cropping, Plant Nutrition and Health, Soil Health, Water on Farms, Weeds and Weeds Management
Your Story	My partner and I were travelling up until December last year, when we locked into a market garden lease along Wallcliffe Road. It was an opportunity that stopped us in our tracks. It was a dream of ours to eventually purchase land and try something of our own, especially as I had done my agricultural science degree which led me to the concept of soil biology. I really wanted to apply my learnings into a practical, experimental and accountable scenario and so this already established but unattended market garden plot was too good to miss. We are really enjoying the work (my favourite job thus far); the independence, the variety and cross section of paddock to consumer. And LOVE learning more about gardening!
Key challenges I would like to solve are:	How to farm intensively small-scale with minimal impact on the soil health.

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