Who Are We?
We are Greg and Amy Gemmell, along with our teenage boys - Flynn, Hadley and Ronan. Greg, originally from Taranaki, and Amy have been farming here for 23 years. We are a three generational family farm with Amy's parents Margaret & Brian Schnell also still active on the farm. Our herd is milked through a voluntary VMS system creating a calm, low stress environment for the cows. After years of farming organically, in 2021 we became officially organic certified through Biogro NZ, ensuring our milk meets the highest standards. In 2025 when Steve and Mary Barr of Arran Farm retired, they offered us their milk vending machine. We jumped at the opportunity to supply our fresh, nutritious, organic A2 milk to our wider community. We look forward to opening in 2026!
2026 NZ Dairy Industry Awards FRDA Nominees...and Finalists!
We were genuinely surprised and honoured to hear that we had been nominated for the Fonterra Responsible Dairying Award. "The Fonterra Responsible Dairy Award (FRDA) recognises farmers/farm businesses who are doing positive and aspirational things in the dairy sustainability space, therefore contributing to good stories about the dairy industry." We were even more surprised to hear in April 2026 that we had made it into the top 3 finalists nationwide!