Organic Farm Share is not just about growing and producing the on-farm basics, we will also supply quality, nutrient-dense organic grocery lines such as bakery items, sauces, raw treats and other items on people’s wish lists in the surveys. Share on Facebook
During February we identified a suitable bus for Organic Farm Share’s distribution and have begun the modifications and fit-out required for our Organic Shop on Wheels which will include fully solar-powered refrigeration. Our owner-members are located within a 200km radius of our farm, stretching from Lismore to Brisbane. People have different shopping preferences: some like [...]
This beautiful photo of the Border Ranges National Park in northern NSW is the backdrop of our farm in Unumgar. This is also where the majority of the farm’s water comes from. This dam on our property is roughly 200m in length and holds about 7 million litres of water. As the dam is around [...]
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Our plans for the farm are nearing completion and we now begin the task of materialising those plans. The illustration below gives some indication of what we have planned for our polyculture system. We have scheduled the planting and growing of over 60 types of vegetables, fruits and nuts. Our animals include hens, bees, cattle, [...]
Organic Farm Share will have artisan food producers creating beautiful organic foods such as jams, sauces, pastas and bread for our owner-members. Hence, it was very important for us to consider our packaging system very carefully. Glass in Australia is mostly imported from Asia. After being passed from distributor to producer to distributor and finally from [...]
An important aspect of Organic Farm Share is to engage co-producers. The picture below is of one of our co-producers, Despina Petri – a local food artisan. She makes hand-made pasta that is organic, beautiful and tasty. There are a number of local food artisans being attracted to Organic Farm Share who produce gourmet cheeses, [...]
I believe that optimal health is our birthright and that the key to our health is in the soil and in our relationship to the land. I want to know where my food comes from, how it was grown and how it was produced. And I want to know the people who produce my food [...]
Below, owner-member April Comerford shares her experience of our bus trip to the farm last weekend. April Comerford (far right) enjoying a day on the farm At the last minute there was a cancellation on the bus so I decided to hop on. As I stowed away my picnic goodies, lots of other people were [...]
The name of the area our farm is in is ‘Unumgar’ which is a local indigenous word meaning ‘Place of Many Lizards’ (although we haven’t spotted a lizard there ourselves yet!). It is our intention that over the next few years the farm will become the “Place of Abundant and Nutritious Food”. Many people have [...]
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