HEAVEN SCENT

THANKS TO SOME INNOVATIVE THINKING, JUSTIN AND ELLEN FAWDON HAVE BOUNCED BACK FROM A STEADY STREAM OF BAD LUCK TO BEGIN AN EXCITING NEW VENTURE.

WORDS LYN JUSTICE

SEVERNLEA QLD At the whims of the weather and the market, farming can have more downs than ups, and sometimes lead to despair – as was the case for Queensland fruit growers Ellen and Justin Fawdon. Then they found a lifeline, and a gourmet food business blossomed on their struggling orchard. “We were at the lowest ebb in our lives, so it was like a Hail Mary when someone liked our business plan and decided to invest,” says Justin of their new enterprise, Budburst Australia, which produces gourmet stone-fruit vinegars. “This was a second chance, a new beginning.” Budburst was born in 2020, after the roller-coaster ride of farming the orchard for more than 20 years. Justin’s parents, Rosemarie and Tony, bought the 21-hectare orchard, near Severnlea in the Southern…

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