From capital markets’ Mr Fixit to a foodie with a big farm dream
In the coming decade, Nick Venter wants to own 10 farms close to the nation’s most populated areas and give 70pc of Australians the opportunity to access food direct from a farm.
It’s a mild Thursday in late autumn and Sydney’s Double Bay is bustling; the weekly produce market and a break in the weather have drawn people out. At Neil Perry’s wildly popular restaurant, Margaret, there’s barely a vacant table.
Nick Venter, founder of CopperTree Farms, which supplies Perry with his meat and butter, is settled in a window seat with Gus De Muelenaere, one of his two new business partners.
