Sam Coulton is not one to throw things away.
The third-generation Queensland cotton grower keeps everything that still has potential use on his Goondiwindi farm. He says he inherited the trait from his father, Keith, a pioneer of irrigated farming in northern NSW who was honoured with an MBE in 1979 for services to agriculture and passed away earlier this year.
“You know, bits of the Model-T Ford, old crank handles; he never threw it out,” says the 70-year-old. “The gene comes through.”
Coulton is hardwired, then, to solve one of the textile industry’s biggest problems:…
