English rose on Harvey farm – When Zoë Allington was first introduced to her in-laws, she sat quietly around the table listening to them talk in farming jargon — something the English teacher said was almost as alien to her as a foreign language.
She did not have a farming background, nor had she ever really experienced the world of agriculture — until she met her husband Travis.
The couple now co-run Allington Family Farm, a Merino sheep farm in the hills of Harvey, and supply sustainable, ethical and locally produced lamb to West Australians.
What started as a hobby farm with 100 sheep has now progressed into a flock of 1500 breeding ewes. The country farmers have even started practicing Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) — where people buy shares in the farm’s produce and receive a portion of the harvest in return.
Originally from the UK, Zoë was teaching English in the Falkland Islands, a collection of islands off the coast of South America, when she met her future husband — a sheep farmer from Australia.
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