Tony started in farming as a 17 year old starting a dairy farm apprenticeship on a farm near Camperdown in the early 1980’s.
He won the Victorian Farm Apprentice award and the prize was spending three months working on dairy farms in Minnesota. He then share farmed and leased a dairy farm in the Western District until 1995.
In 1997, Tony and his business partner established Camperdown Compost. The business process organic waste including from dairy companies and have built alternative fertilizer programs to assist many dairy farmers.