2018 Nominees: Young Grower of the Year award

2018 Young Grower of the Year

Chris McLoghlin Chris McLoghlin of The Organic Mushroom Farm has taken out this year’s prestigious AUSVEG Young Grower of the Year Award.

Young Grower of the Year 2018

Victorian mushroom producer Chris McLoghlin of The Organic Mushroom Farm has taken out this year’s prestigious AUSVEG Young Grower of the Year Award.

Chris is the founder and director of The Organic Mushroom Farm which markets the Mycelia Organics brand of mushrooms through independent grocers and the major retailers nationally. The Farm is the largest certified organic mushroom farming company in Australia.

Read more about his fellow nominees

Business	The Organic Mushroom Farm
Expertise	Director
Crop Focus	Mushrooms
Methods	Certified Organic

Business	Bulmer Farms
Expertise	Horticulture
Crop Focus	Salad lines and baby broccoli
Methods	Balanced

Business	McCain Foods Limited
Expertise	Agronomist
Crop Focus	Potatoes
Favourite Beneficial Bug	Ladybird and Hoverfly - they eat a LOT of bad bugs

Business	Monika’s Organics
Expertise	Manager - All Operations
Crop Focus	Bunch Lines
Methods	Certified Organic

Business	Scotties Point Farms
Expertise	Vegetable Production
Crop Focus	Onions, Broccoli and Beetroot
Methods	Conventional

Business	Corrigan Produce Farms
Expertise	Farming
Crop Focus	Baby Cos, Celery, Kale, Leeks,
	Silverbeet,Pak Choy, Onions
Methods	Integrated Pest Management

Business	Willarra Gold
Expertise	Farmer/Grower
Crop Focus	Tropical Fruits, Vegetable Production
Methods	Permaculture and IPM - We work with what
	we’ve got with soil health and nutrition

Past Winners and Nominees

Corteva Agricience have been proud sponsors of the annual Hort Innovations Young Grower of the Year award since 2018. Meet all of our past winners and nominees.

2019

2019 Young Grower of the Year, Daniel Hoffman is a 35-year-old vegetable grower from Penfield, South Australia, specialising in IPM and Biodynamic farming of Tomatoes, capsicums, eggplant, cucumber and bunch lins.

Meet the 2019 Nominees

2021

Potato grower Xavier Toohey from Wallace in Victoria was the 2021 Winner of the Young Grower of the Year Award. Xavier was praised for his leadership and tenacity.

Meet the 2021 Nominees

Country Selector

2018 Young Grower of the Year

Young Grower of the Year 2018

WINNER - Chris McLoghlin Age 33, Melbourne, Victoria

Daniel Hammond Age 34, Bairnsdale, Victoria

Olivia Ryan Age 22, Ballarat, Victoria

Daniel Quattrocchi Age 28, Adelaide, South Australia

Jake Shadbolt Age 23, Swan Hill, Victoria

Stephanie Corrigan Age 28, Clyde, Victoria

Mitchell East Age 25, Manjimup, Western Australia

Past Winners and Nominees

2019

2021