The Producers: Giaan Rooney (Macadamia Farmer) - from medals to macadamias

Published: Nov. 13, 2023, 5 p.m.

You might know Giaan Rooney as an Olympic swimmer - she won a gold medal for Australia in the 2004 Athens Olympics as part of the 4 x 100m medley relay team. And you might have seen her on TV, presenting everything from the weather to Postcards. But did you know this one time athlete is now also a macadamia farmer? Along with her fifth-generation farmer husband Sam and their kids, Giaan now lives on a farm in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales.\n\nhttps://www.instagram.com/giaan.rooney/\n\nFollow The Producers on Instagram\n\nhttps://www.instagram.com/producerspodcast/\n\nHost Dani Valent\xa0\n\nhttps://www.instagram.com/danivalent\n\nHost Anthony Huckstep\n\nhttps://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/\n\nExecutive Producer Rob Locke\n\nhttps://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/\n\n\nLISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS\n\nhttps://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork\n\nThe Producers is a food podcast telling the stories of producers, farmers, growers and makers.. A Deep in the Weeds Production An Australian Food Podcast from the Deep in the Weeds Network.