Weston Farm – Vegetables This farm is run by Richard and Belinda Weston where they produce great organic products ranging from peony flowers, to padron peppers, to ducks, to olives and also many types of vegetables using organic principles even though they are not formally certified. Recently they have also […]
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Two Metre Tall – Great Natural Beers
Background to Two Metre Tall The Two Metre Tall Company is a farm that not only makes excellent natural beers but also grows the ingredients that are used to make the beer. Ashley and Jane Huntington also have a bar which opens on a weekly basis from Spring to Autumn […]
Miellerie Honey: Tasmania’s finest
♥♥♥ Miellerie Honey is the brainchild of French-born Yves Ginat. He has established his unfiltered, unheated honey in the top echelons of the state’s produce due to its depth of flavour and the finesse of the product. The honey is neither heated nor filtered – rather it is cold-extracted. Because […]
Fat Carrot Farm: Quality Organic Vegetables
Fat Carrot Farm – Introduction Fat Carrot Farm is an organic vegetable producer at Oyster Cove in Tasmania’s south run by Stan and Briony Robert. They grow delicious and nutritious heirloom vegetables such as Chantenay carrots, Italian tomatoes, lovely tomatilloes, squash, pumpkins and Cime di Rapa and other greens. And […]
Agrarian Kitchen Cooking School
Agrarian Kitchen – Introduction The Agrarian Kitchen at New Norfolk in Tasmania’s verdant Derwent Valley has rapidly established a reputation as one of the most innovative, yet practical, farm-based cooking schools in Australia. You will find it in New Norfolk next to the Agrarian Kitchen Eatery. The Agrarian Kitchen’s vegetable […]
Summer Kitchen Organic Bakery
Summer Kitchen Organic Bakery – Introduction Summer Kitchen Organic Bakery was established by Tim Hohenhoken and Shona Robinson. Eventually they sold it to John Glendinning and Marie van de Gumster who have seamlessly continued the tradition of hand-crafting loaves of beautiful sourdough bread using organic Laucke flour and organic grains. […]
Whispering Spirit Farm – Organic Goodness
Whispering Spirit – Introduction As you drive north from Franklin to Huonville in Tasmania’s pretty Huon Valley you will see a sign to Whispering Spirit which is both accommodation and a productive organic farm. Turn left and head up the hill. You will soon come to a gravel road. Keep […]
Longley Organic Farm – Strong Vegetables
Longley Organic Farm – Introduction Longley Farm is a small producer of very good vegetables just south of Hobart, but in a pristine area on the slopes of Mt Wellington where the cold winters help in the production of hardy vegetables with great flavour. They also have a small farm-gate […]
Rocky Top Farm – Stunning Organic Vegetables
Rocky Top Farm – Introduction Rocky Top Farm is a certified organic producer of high quality heirloom vegetables at Penna in Tasmania’s south in between Richmond and Penna. The farm takes advantage of rich clay soils derived from the Jurassic dolerite which is widespread in central Tasmania. Approximately 2 hectares […]
The Agrarian Kitchen Restaurant – Delicious Food
The Agrarian Kitchen Restaurant – Introduction Before starting this story, we should add here that we feel liberated to be no longer reviewing restaurants for commercial organisations (after many years doing so for the ABC, Qantas In-flight magazine and Gourmet Traveller). We stopped for two reasons. The first was that […]