The Bauer Family

Rob Bauer

Anthony Bauer

Farmer rating (pending assessment by the PFA): AA
Supplying Food Connect since: 2009
Farm visited by Food Connect: No

The Bauer family farm is situated in the heart of the Lockyer Valley (one of the top ten most fertile farming areas in the world) and draws its water from a crystal clear underground supply fed by Blackfellow Creek. The Bauer family has farmed here since Rob’s great-grandfather took up a ’selection’ in 1885. This 363 hectare property, made up of 5 mostly-adjoining farms, grows a wide range of vegetables and is Queensland’s largest producer of certified organic veggies.

The farm is owned and managed by Rob Bauer and his son Anthony. Rob is one of the pioneers of the certified organic industry, choosing to grow produce in harmony with nature since the early 1980s. The farm is certified through the Australian Certified Organic system. They grow carrots, potatoes, broccoli, celery, sweet corn, lettuce, cauliflower, tomatoes, bans, pumpkins and melons.

Click here to check out the Bauers’ website, and check out the pictures of their 2010 celery harvest below.