Waltanna Gold

Waltanna Farms is a family business, owned and run by Michael and Bronnie Nagorcka.

The Nagorcka family has run a cropping enterprise at Waltanna Farms, at the foot of the Grampians near Hamilton in south-west Victoria, since the 1940s. Growing farm costs and low grain prices led the Nagorcka’s to value-add to their enterprise, firstly by becoming certifiably organic in 1998.

To survive, Waltanna Farms made a conscious decision to develop its agronomic and economic sustainability.

The Nagorcka’s, through their innovative work with international companies, and after many overseas visits, their research and engineering business, Waltanna Australia, designed and manufactured much of the specialist processing equipment in their new plant. This also enabled them to find the secret to expelling the oil at a very low temperature in the absence of oxygen and light.

The Nagorcka’s have also selected and bred a new golden variety of flaxseed, Waltanna Gold, which has proven even more appealing to the consumer than the common brown variety.

Waltanna Farm’s organic production system continues to improve soil structure and fertility, crop yields and production. Adding a processing and bottling plant two years ago has given the infrastructure to grow, process, bottle and market all produce direct from the farm, maintaining control over quality, purity and freshness.