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FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
Calderwood Mushrooms, Albion Park. Richard has been supplying fresh button and flat mushrooms.
DISTANCE FROM GERRINGONG: 28 kilometres
Contadino: Bruno and Maria Morabito have a market garden at The Olive Farm at Falls Creek, and have been supplying us with broad beans.
DISTANCE FROM GERRINGONG: 43 kilometres
Dapto Community Farm. This certified organic community farm has been providing us with a wide variety of herbs and vegetables. They also host community events such as the meetings of Illawarra Seed Savers on the last Sunday afternoon of each month. Address: 29 Darks Road, Dapto.
DISTANCE FROM GERRINGONG: 33 kilometres
Dtharowal Creek Farm, Robertson. John has provided us with pears and nashi from this orchard in the Southern Highlands.
DISTANCE FROM GERRINGONG: 44 kilometres
Angus Fisher: Angus grows on the flats of Terara by the Shoalhaven River. Formerly certified organic, he tells us he still follows organic principles, and supplies Green Box with oranges. He also has potatoes in the ground, which he will start to harvest in December.
DISTANCE FROM GERRINGONG: 35 kilometres
John Fisher: John is a Demeter-certified biodynamic grower from Emery’s Plateau, up the mountain between Bomaderry and Kangaroo Valley. Over winter, John supplies us with cauliflower and broccoli, while his summer harvest include corn, capsicum and eggplant.
DISTANCE FROM GERRINGONG: 41 kilometres
Greengold Vegies: Robert and John Boyd proudly call themselves the largest growers of vegetables in the Shoalhaven district. Over winter they have been supplying us with cabbage, broccoli, leek, rhubarb and peas, and for the first time are now growing mushrooms. When the weather warms up we stock their zucchini and beans.
DISTANCE FROM GERRINGONG: 35 kilometres
Kevin Gorman: Kevin grows over 60 varieties of vegies, plus a range of citrus, up on Berry Mountain. Formerly certified organic, he tells us he still follows organic principles.
DISTANCE FROM GERRINGONG: 22 kilometres
Li-Sun Mushrooms, Mittagong. These amazing mushrooms are grown in a disused railway tunnel in Mittagong. Tours of the tunnel were highly sought after during the Herald’s Good Food Month and tours run periodically through the year (see their website).
http://li-sunexoticmushrooms.com.au/
DISTANCE FROM GERRINGONG: 75 kilometres
Michael Stathos, Worrigee. Michael supplies us with a range of fruit according to what is in season, including fresh juicy figs and watermelon.
DISTANCE FROM GERRINGONG: 35 kilometres
Peter Gallop. Peter is a Gerringong resident and member of the Green Box team. He has been supplying mesculin and chillies and is busy planting more produce for us.
DISTANCE FROM GERRINGONG: 0 kilometres
Shanti Mission Harmony Farm, Canyonleigh. This farm in the Southern Highlands has been producing apples, pears, rhubarb and garlic, with much more produce still to come.
http://shantimission.org/shantimission/welcome-harmony-farm
DISTANCE FROM GERRINGONG: 91 kilometres
Shoalhaven Mushrooms: Down at Termeil, south of Ulladulla, Gary and Michelle Akers grow a range of white mushrooms (button, medium, cup and flat) and Swiss browns. Unlike many of their mainstream counterparts, Gary and Michelle tell us they don’t spray their mushies, which still last beautifully in a brown paper bag in the crisper section of your fridge.
DISTANCE FROM GERRINGONG: 118 kilometres
South East Rural, Robertson. Jamie has been supplying us with a wide range of potatoes.
DISTANCE FROM GERRINGONG: 44 kilometres
Steve McMahon: Steve grows hydroponic strawberries at his farm in Berry.
DISTANCE FROM GERRINGONG: 16 kilometres
Chris Warren: As director of the International Centre for Responsible Tourism, Chris is widely recognised for his commitment to sustainability. From his property in Kangaroo Valley, he supplies us with citrus, including ruby grapefruit, mandarins, lemonade fruits, cumquats and oranges.
DISTANCE FROM GERRINGONG: 30 kilometres
Yarrawa Estate: In addition to their grapevines at Yarrawa Estate vineyard in Kangaroo Valley, Mark and Sue Foster grow citrus, macadamias, pecans and walnuts.
DISTANCE FROM GERRINGONG: 48 kilometres
DAIRY, EGGS, HONEY AND OIL
Berrima Ridge Eggs: Anne and Warren Stuckey move their chickens regularly onto fresh ground, where they are free to roam with the protection of five Maremma dogs and mobile chook houses. Formerly certified organic, they continue to follow wholistic principles.
DISTANCE FROM GERRINGONG: 86 kilometres
Clayridge Honey: Pure, raw and natural, Clayridge Honey, from Jervis Bay, is cold-extracted, unprocessed and neither heat-treated nor pasteurised.
DISTANCE FROM GERRINGONG: 58 kilometres
Glenlee Olives: Trish and David Wilson have over 7000 olive trees on their historic property at Menangle Park. Immediately after harvest, the olives are processed into extra virgin olive oil in the modern press on the property and table olives are processed onsite. All their products are BFA-certified organic.
DISTANCE FROM GERRINGONG: 103 kilometres
Highland Organics: Farmhouse cheeses made using milk from the only two certified organic dairy farms in the region, one at Brundee, east of Nowra, and the other at Moss Vale in the southern highlands. Including Organic St Laurent Tasty, Organic Feta, Organic Fromage Blanc, Organic Pecorino Fresco.
DISTANCE FROM GERRINGONG: 69 kilometres
South Coast Dairy: Dairy products from cows grazed on the lush green pastures of the south coast, and processed in Picton. Including whole milk, lite milk, organic full cream milk, fresh cream, natural yoghurt, and classic yoghurt (with sugar added).
DISTANCE FROM GERRINGONG: 93 kilometres
DRIED GOODS
Highland Herbs, Tasmania: Currently supplying us with peppermint tea. www.highlandherbs.com.au
DISTANCE FROM GERRINGONG: 1545 kilometres
Witch’s Kitchen, Foxground. Kirsten is supplying us with a range of very locally grown teas, including green tea, lavender tea and black tea, all made from tea and herbs grown on her property at Foxground.
DISTANCE FROM GERRINGONG: 9 kilometres
Please note: The above list is compiled with information provided by the growers. While we embrace organic and biodynamic certification, we also recognise that this can be cost and time prohibitive for many growers. So we rely upon their honesty and integrity along with our own visits to their farms and gardens. We wish to support all who choose to turn the soil and provide fresh, wholesome food for us in this most fertile region.
