GREATER Hamilton has traditionally been known as sheep country and alternatives for land use in the area are few and far between, but local farmer and Grange Garlic managing director, Wayne Schild, has forged a path with his family business to succeed with a crop that has little local history of being grown in commercial quantities.

With the active support of the Southern Grampians Shire, he identified a gap in the minced garlic market and through research and a determined attitude, is at the threshold of making it into a flourishing enterprise.