Metre by metre, grassy soil is turned over to prepare garden beds, and weeds are pulled by hand and taken away in a wheelbarrow.
It’s a slow process, but farmer Thang Kin Shetta says it’s the only way to ensure the weeds don’t sprout again.
He’s part of a group of five Burmese refugee families who’ve joined forces to lease a farm and start an organic business, at Coffs Harbour on the New South Wales mid-north coast.
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