Meet The Farmers

Our cane juice comes from sugarcane grown by local Sunshine Coast sugar cane farmers. Their properties are nestled in the foothills of Ninderry Mountain on the meandering banks of the Maroochy River. Their cane growing history dates back generations to early pioneering days when the times were tough and the men were tougher!

This is Troy Apps and his dog Bindi.

In 1906 Ned Apps started growing sugar cane making Troy a 6th generational cane farmer.

In the early days the cane was cut by hand and carted by barge up the Maroochy River to the Nambour sugar mill. Troy’s grandfather, Ozzy Apps says the industry was thriving when he was a young lad and there were 4 families of Apps’ growing sugarcane in the area.

Doug and his son Gary Peterson – Sunshine Coast cane farmers.

Doug’s grandfather , Edmunds Peterson was one of the pioneers of sugarcane growing on the sunshine coast. There are still three generations of Petersons living and farming this country to date on their 280 acre property.