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From left to right sitting: Graeme Drew, John Morton, Heather Kane. Standing: Sam Perna, Luciano Cester Contact Details & Profiles John Morton (President)
135 Worlley Road
Hoddles Creek, Vic 3139
Ph: (03) 9873 2011 BH
Ph: (03) 5967 4267 AH
Fax: (03) 9873 3594
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- Based in Hoddles Creek
- Farm at Stanley
- Born 17/1/1948
- Lived in Yarra Valley 25 years
- Currently an export trader in the meat industry and have been for 36 years
- Breeder of thoroughbred horses – 25 years
- Keen sports fan in golf, horseracing and football. Involved with cricket and pony clubs for over 20 years
- Owned chestnut property in Stanley since 1999 with 150 trees. Keen to increase usage and profile of chestnuts both domestically and for export
Graeme Drew 55 Clydesdale Rd Airport West, Vic 3042 Ph: 0412347571 Email:
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- Based in Melbourne - Farm at Buffalo River, North East Victoria - Born 1952 - Recently appointed as a senior consultant with IBM after completing a 20 year career in IT education at RMIT as well as running own IT consulting business for a further 12 years. Work in Melbourne at Southgate but hope to retire in the next 5-6 years and spend a lot more time farming. I am motivated to bring my farm back into production. I only have 150 trees but most of them nearly 60 years old. I started a rejuvenation program 8 years ago to bring these very large, old trees back into production by grafting them with modern varieties. I have started to plant out the empty spaces between these trees to increase the yield even further. I attended last year's CAI Annual General Meeting and found a welcoming, vibrant and eclectic bunch of chestnut growers. I am truly excited about my new role on the Committee and look forward to meeting as many members as I can on an individual basis. I am proud to now be a member of the CAI Executive and hope I can utilize some of my business expertise to the benefit of all members and the industry as a whole.
Heather Kane (R&D Chair)
Tweenhills Chestnuts
89 Pollack Road Hoskinstown NSW 2621
Phone:02 6238 2280 AH
Fax: 02 6238 2280
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- Orchard-Tweenhills, Hoskinstown, NSW
- Involved Chestnut Industry since 1997
- With Husband, John, progressively established orchard of 2,500 Chestnut trees
- Operate Chestnut roasting business 3 months of year out of Canberra
- Member of the committee of the former NSW Region of the CGA
- 17 years working as a research scientist studying photosynthesis
- Committed to Chestnut Industry in Australia, being particularly interested in the development of programs aimed at improving Chestnut quality and increasing Chestnut consumption
Sam Perna
P.O Box 22 Forest Range SA 5139
Phone: 08 8389 8452
Fax: 08 8389 8000
Mobile: 0427 212 680
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- Orchard-Forest Range, SA (Partnership)
- Associated with Chestnut Industry for over 20 years
- Supplier and Service provider of Agricultural/Harvesting machinery
- Sponsor of CGA for many years, attending events and activities in capacity of machinery supplier
- Supplier to SA and NZ Chestnut Growers of harvesting machinery
- Current Inaugural President (20 years) North East Rural Expo
- Past and previous Board/Committee memberships
- Strong links with the Italian Community of North East Victoria-potential to recruit more members for the CGA
Luciano Cester (Secretary/Treasurer)
46 McKeon Circuit, North Dandenong, VIC, 3175
Phone: (03) 9580 3344
Mobile: 0422 034 487
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- Experience in and involvement with the chestnut industry: 1. Established 550 tree chestnut orchard (Stanley, VIC) 2. Attended South of Divide Grower Meetings 3. Pursued Value Added Chestnut products - Flour - Cake Mixes
- Skills, experience and ideas offered to the CAI as a member of the Board: Education: Bachelor Economics (Honors) Major AGRI ECO Statistics Grower Knowledge Value Adding Experience
Alfred Rose
28 DeQuency Road Bullaburra NSW 2784
Phone: 02 4759 3856
Fax: 02 4759 3422
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