A least 46 per cent of the Barossa Valley’s vineyards are situated within the Light Regional Council’s boundary. Industries in the town connected to agriculture are exporters, employers and innovators in the sector, whilst the farming community are the backbone of community programmes.
Regional growth is supported by job creation and retention and generating ways to attract people to the regions. As a result of building a new $20m pellet producing mill, JT Johnsons employed extra staff with a further positive impact coming in the form of indirect employees, e.g. transport and mechanical staff. The company’s staff numbers currently stand a 105. Its adoption and promotion of biosecurity measures has a significant impact on protecting the region and the state’s valuable agricultural assets.
The sector has a long history (dating back to the settlement of SA) that has been continued and expanded in our area. The recent opening of the new $10m Foodland Supermarket in Kapunda has provided our farmers and local community with a well-stocked facility with dozens of products not normally available in the town. It is estimated that prior to the opening of this supermarket that 70 per cent of the community shopped at nearby Nuriootpa, Gawler, Munno Para, Salisbury and Elizabeth. Lesser mileage and the costs associated have also meant more visitors to the town, and as a result more staff (including farmer’s family members) are employed in comparison to the former, now closed Foodworks supermarket.The sector has a long history (dating back to the settlement of SA) that has been continued and expanded in our area. The recent opening of the new $10m Foodland Supermarket in Kapunda has provided our farmers and local community with a well-stocked facility with dozens of products not normally available in the town. It is estimated that prior to the opening of this supermarket that 70 per cent of the community shopped at nearby Nuriootpa, Gawler, Munno Para, Salisbury and Elizabeth. Lesser mileage and the costs associated have also meant more visitors to the town, and as a result more staff (including farmer’s family members) are employed in comparison to the former, now closed Foodworks supermarket.