The Legendary Coopers Shoot
The day I visit my friend Lynette she’s preparing a second round of snacks for her boys, not long returned from the farmers’ ...read more
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11, 2024
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10, 2024
Breadicine the Gluten free/paleo/low carb bread specialists
‘It’s so hard to find good gluten-free stuff’, says a woman buying a muffin from the Breadicine stall. She’s merely one of a ...read more
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10, 2024
Ayusa Tea and all it’s health benefits
Natasha used to love coffee, drinking easily two cups a day. Since discovering Guayusa, however, she’s been able to give it up effortlessly ...read more
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09, 2024
Berries Galore!
‘The buckets are in!’ Dean tells me. Sure enough, those white plastic buckets filled with 1.25kg of blueberries command one end of the ...read more
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09, 2024
Mad Mountain
MAD MOUNTAIN My initial attraction was to the profusion of green, foliage in all different textures and tones. Then it was the name, ...read more
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09, 2024
McMahon’s Organic Apples
Eleanor, presiding over the table of apples and pears, weighing the contents of the metal bowls as the steady stream of customers, mostly ...read more
9
09, 2024
3 Top Honey
I’m doing a little taste-test. From each of the three jars of honey before me I have removed a modest sample. Jotted down ...read more
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07, 2024
Playing with Fire – Native Foods
Their excitement is infectious. Young schoolboys in uniform cluster around Rebecca Barnes’ stall as she passes the finger limes around: they bite in, ...read more
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07, 2024
Lovemore Fermentary
Fermentation, the metabolic process that produces chemical changes in organic substances, has been used by humans since the Neolithic age, both to produce ...read more
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06, 2024
ORGANIC FORREST
At the Forrest’s stall while Dave serves and chats to customers, wife Sue is showing me the magazine she’s been editor of for ...read more