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Premium Content After a devastating year for Queensland fisheries that saw the industry almost wiped out with COVID, a Sunshine Coast business has finally received some good news. Walker Seafoods at Mooloolaba has been named as a state finalist for the fourth time in the annual delicious. Harvey Norman Produce Awards, which recognise the best and most innovative producers and produce from across Australia in four categories. Judging everything from crab and cream to beef and berries, the competition named Walker Seafoods state winners for their MSC certified Bigeye tuna, alongside a host of other victors including fresh bamboo shoots from Big Heart Bamboo and fingerlimes from Green Valley Fingerlimes.
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Big Heart Bamboo Owner Becky Nary-Dart on her Belli Park Bamboo Plantation. Picture Lachie Millard
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Subscriber only A Sunshine Coast bamboo grower reintroducing the grass to Australian chefs and diners has been recognised among the nation s best farmers. Becky Dart from Big Heart Bamboo, in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, was this week named a finalist in
The Weekly Times Coles 2020 Farmer of the Year awards, with the winner to be announced next Friday. The prestigious awards, supported by the
Sunday Mail, honour the best in beef, cropping, dairy, horticulture, innovation and sheep farming during 2020. Ms Dart, 34, believes edible bamboo has huge market potential in Australia, and following in the trailblazing footsteps of her father, Durnford Dart, who first planted species on the giant grass on his land at Belli Park in 1989, has made it her personal mission to build demand.