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“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food”
Hippocrates

Natures Unsung Heroes

G'Day Folks,

Spring is in full swing here on the farm, nature's symphony of Springtime sounds are reaching their summit. We have left the fields that surround our vegetables grow tall, allowing each unique plant to blossom. A walk around our farm in the afternoon, as the sun falls slowly behind leaves rustling softly with the final breath of the day's stiff southerlies. Reveals the stunning array of colours and contrasts that only an evening sun can induce.

Spring is so alive with energy, if you sit quietly, watch and listen, it’s as if each little patch of nature you zoom into is like a small bustling city. As I crawl around on my knees, turning over patches of mulch, I enter another city bustling like Times Square at peak hour. I spend so long rummaging through the clover and grasses, once I finally look up, I realise the insects and birds have become slightly less wary and are now going about their business surrounding me on all sides.

It’s taken me 36 years to finally see what is all around me, what has always been there waiting for me. You can’t help but feel a part of it all when you're this close. As these cities of diverse and intelligent citizens of the soil, leaf and sky busily go about their business. I realise that if they all decided to put down their tools and go on strike. We humans would go extinct within a matter of months, maybe even sooner.

These citizens work tirelessly to keep us alive, night and day they unlock the secrets that make life on this big beautiful planet possible. They do it without even a thankyou, they do it despite us turning our backs on them for far too long.
Each day we work on this farm, we pay our respects to the citizens beneath our feet, those that lay on a leaf and those watching us patiently from branches in the forest or even keeping an eye on us from the sky. We pay our respect by treading lightly, by caring for the soil which we know is their home, by acknowledging them and appreciating them for all the beauty that surrounds us.

We have farmed this land for over 5yrs now, and have watched it slowly come back to life. As the soil has regained its strength, so has all that rests upon it. Including myself and my family. Physically, mentally and spiritually this land has brought the very best out of us individually and collectively.
When you eat our food, know that the people who planted, harvested and packed it into your box. Are only an infinitely small fragment of the extraordinary and diverse number of creatures involved. When you prepare your meal, honour all of the life it took to create it, and allow it to honour your body physically and spiritually in return. For the food you digest has not come from a laboratory, a synthetic fertiliser bag or a plastic hydroponic pipe.

Your food came from all of life’s weird and wonderful creatures. And it was grown with a heck of a lot of love from all of them.
Thank YOU for joining us on this epic journey & supporting Your local farmer!

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