Frank's model of sustainability

By Matt Sherrington
Updated August 21 2015 - 11:14am, first published July 30 2015 - 3:00am
Frank Mele’s Sustainable Farming Solutions (SFS) offers a sustainable agricultural model which has been personally developed through much trial and error over the past five years and put into practice on their 6000 acre property in Gumlu, North Queensland (pictured).
Frank Mele’s Sustainable Farming Solutions (SFS) offers a sustainable agricultural model which has been personally developed through much trial and error over the past five years and put into practice on their 6000 acre property in Gumlu, North Queensland (pictured).

DUE to the prolonged drought conditions around the state the capacity of livestock being carried per acre in certain areas is well below average, forcing graziers into financial hardship, or ultimately bankruptcy.

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