Five Generations on Bonavista — The Carter Family Story
Hunter Natural is a family company, run by David and Marianne Carter — fifth-generation farmers in the Upper Hunter. This... Read more
From the Farm
Pastured Eggs — Why Ours Come From Hens on the Move
We've brought pastured eggs into the Hunter Natural family. Here's what "pastured" really means, why our hens live on the... Read more
From Paddock to Your Freezer — How a Whole, Half or Quarter Beast Works
Buying a whole, half or quarter beast direct from the farm is the best-value way to fill your freezer with... Read more
Low-Stress Stock Handling — Calm Animals, Better Meat
We handle every animal on Bonavista using Low Stress Stock Handling principles. It's better for the animals, better for us,... Read more
100% Dorper — The Sheep That Changed Our Flock
Our flock is now 100% Dorper — a meat sheep with no wool to shear, strong parasite resistance, and lean,... Read more
Why We Chose Speckled Park Cattle
Our herd is predominantly Speckled Park — a soft, well-marbling, easy-going breed that suits our country and our grass-fed system.... Read more
Meet Our Worm Farm — Turning Waste Into Living Fertiliser
To cut our reliance on chemical fertiliser, we built a commercial-sized worm farm and now make our own. Here's how... Read more
The Science in the Soil — How Rotational Grazing Rebuilds Our Land
We move our cattle and sheep through the paddocks in a planned rotation instead of leaving them in one place.... Read more
Grass-Fed and Proud — Why a Natural Diet Makes Better Beef and Lamb
All our beef and lamb is grass-fed for life — hormone free, antibiotic free, no mRNA vaccines. Here's what that... Read more
What Regenerative Farming Actually Means at Bonavista
"Regenerative" gets used a lot these days. Here's what it actually means on our farm — not as a buzzword,... Read more