Mossy Willow Farm

Mossy Willow Farm is a thriving market garden that uses regenerative, no-till practices and feeds more than 500 people a week. Based in Main Ridge on the southern coast of Victoria, it is run by dynamite farming duo Keren Tsaushu and Mikey Densham, and owned by Berry Liberman and Danny Almagor of Small Giants (the same family office that owns Dumbo Feather). Building nutrient-rich soil is central to Mossy Willow’s methodology, which in turn creates an abundance of nutrient-rich produce year-round. Customers attend weekly farmers’ markets across Melbourne, have boxes of seasonal goods delivered to their door, and travel to the farm gate to shop, meet the farmers and see where their food is grown. In the two years that Keren and Mikey have run Mossy Willow, a community of passionate farmers, growers and eaters have come together around the work. They are part of a new era of agriculture: one where high-quality production doesn’t come at a cost to nature.

KEREN TSAUSHU AND MIKEY DENSHAM ON

CREATING A HEALTHY ECOSYSTEM AND FERTILE FARM

Sourcing seeds

Keren: The seed has all the potential for something to grow and become our food. It holds the energy to sprout and survive for a short period of time—from a tiny tomato seed you can grow a four-metre plant. We source our seeds from a range of companies. At the moment we’re not producing our own, which is a beautiful but complex world. When you grow seeds on your land and save them properly, you’re slowly breeding them to work with your climate, soil, UV, pests; to work with the way you manage the land. That’s how