Even with more discussion about seasonal, local, and healthy food going on – it is very rare in most grocery stores. When I go to buy a tomato at the store, I am not always able to see how far it traveled, how old the tomato is, or what kind of corporation made it.
Food Connect Brisbane, located in Brisbane Australia was started in 2004 by Robert Pekin, and was formed to create a large venture of community shared agriculture in Australia to create transparency, accessible, socially responsible food. Food Connect Brisbane works in a few stages. First, seasonal local food is sourced and packed into different size fruit and veggie boxes. The food is delivered to the Food Connect Homestead locations where the boxes are created. The boxes are brought to a “City Cousin,” and location that you can pick up the food, which might be a community center or school.
Since its creation, it has grown and is being replicated in other areas in the country including Adelaide, Bellingen, Coffs Coast, Melbourne, Sydney and others.
On the website the group writes “Our delicious seasonal produce comes from local farmers living within a five hour radius of Brisbane who are paid a fair price for their hard work and who are encouraged to farm using the most sustainable methods possible. Our subscribers know where their food comes from and are invited to see for themselves on regular farm tours.”
Want a box of broccoli, corn, lettuce, Swiss Brown mushrooms, onions, potatoes, tomatoes, zucchini, apples, bananas, a bunch of herbs and garlic or ginger? There are boxes for 1 person, 2, and a family/group of 4.
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www.foodconnect.com.au/
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