Farmer John Fenton's obsession with planting trees was ridiculed but he created a legacy
By Pip Courtney
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Deep in winter, as wind, rain and biting cold
make Victoria's western districts a bleak place for farmers and livestock,
David Fenton feels like Australia's luckiest farmer.
"I possibly live on the best farm in the
world. It's a great place to wake up in the morning and a great place in the
evening," he said.
"Every day, there's something new."
David owns Lanark, a 700-hectare prime
lamb-grazing property at Branxholme.
A third of Lanark is covered with built wetlands
and several hundred thousand trees planted for stock-shelter, wildlife
habitat and forestry.
"I love the word
environmentally sustainable," David said.
"They're probably my two favourite words,
and we've been that now for at least the last 12 to 14 years."
I don't suppose that's Neil Young's "farmer John"...?
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