Box Divvy Cowan in Sydney, Australia | Farmers market

Box Divvy Cowan

Locality: Sydney, Australia

Address: Fraser Road, Cowan 2081 Sydney, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.boxdivvy.com

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21.01.2022 Here to what to expect this week: Apples - Pink Lady Carrots - Loose (Orange) Corn - Loose... Eggplant - Continental Mangoes - R2E2 Plums - Black === SPLITS === Apples - Granny Smith Apricots Avocadoes - Hass Baby Spinach Bananas - Cavendish Blueberries (Regular) Broccoli - Regular Carrots - Dutch (Yellow/White) Cherries Coconut - Fresh Country Hi-Top German Rye 600G - Sliced Cucumber - Lebanese Gluten Free Coconut and Raspberry Bread - Unsliced Grapes - Red Seedless Herbs - Basil Hunter Valley Free-range eggs 600g Mangoes - Kensington Pride Mushrooms - Buttons Nectarines - White Nectarines - Yellow Passionfruit - Purple Potatoes (washed) - Nadine Potatoes (washed) - Red Desiree Shallots Snowpeas Sourdough Spelt Cherry Raisin 780g - Unsliced Sourdough White 780g - Sliced Sourdough Wholegrain 7-Grains 780g - Sliced Strawberries Tomatoes - Cherry Watermelon - Seedless (Small) Zucchini - Green Please drop your bags or boxes at Bels by 4.30PM, alternatively, you can drop them at my place by tonight. If you don't drop any bags or boxes, I will simply pack your goodies in boxes. Thank you x

21.01.2022 FRUITY NEWS! Whilst Blueberries have temporarily tightened up, try some delicious Blackberries instead. Surprisingly sweet! Meanwhile, our regular strawberry grower near Monbulk in Vic is taking a break in between patches which gives us a chance to try out some of the more premium berries. ... They’re extra-large, super-sweet, and should be around $3.40 per punnet. Depending on the feedback, we may continue with this more premium fruit even after the regular berries have returned. Let us know what you think Can you get a bigger Flavour Bomb than lychees?? They’re only just starting, but they pack a punch. Still $23/Kg, but they will drop in the lead-up to Christmas.

20.01.2022 PRICE CHANGES: Passionfruit is arriving in big numbers don’t pay more than 50c each Cherries are getting better and cheaper each day: down to $13.60/Kg, and the quality is excellent... Cauliflowers are down to $2.18 each Corn is starting to come back to earth: $1.46 a cob Ditto for green beans: $6.80/Kg Eggplant is loving the warmer weather: expect to pay around $3.90/Kg Last but not least, zucchini is now at glut levels, and farmers are begging us to take them. So do your ‘patriotic’ thing and go big on zucs at (wait for it)$1.72/Kg. The quality is glamour! Keep your eyes peeled for some yum recipes to follow!

19.01.2022 Tomato goodness this week!

17.01.2022 Valencia Oranges: Valencia oranges were created in (get this) California, US back in the 1800’s. OK, so not really in Valencia. The original grower called them Valencias in honour of the fact that Spain at the time was the centre of the citrus world. Nowadays most Valencias are grown in Florida and Australia! Most citrus matures over autumn and winter, but Valencias are the only citrus variety grown over summer. ... When they get a lot of sun, their skin develops a green hue by way of sunscreen protection that makes them appear unripe but in fact, the greener they are, the more sun they’ve had and the sweeter they’ll be. Valencias have an unfair reputation as ‘juicing oranges’. The reason is that their juice keeps better than Navel juice which gets a little bitter over time. But the fact they produce better orange juice doesn’t mean they’re not great to eat as a hand orange! And to give you one more reason: they’ve just come down to $1.53/Kg. At that price, you can juice them and have ‘m too!

17.01.2022 NEWS FEATURE: Why do most diets fail? There are probably many reasons, but the main reason is that diets try to temporarily alter our behaviour by excluding or reducing certain foods (snacks, sugar, saturated fats), and introducing or increasing our consumption of other foods (kale, protein drinks, etc). We may succeed in our goal reducing weight but after we complete our diet, we return to our old habits. And regain most or all of the weight. Some of us go on never-en...ding cycles of starting and stopping diets, and many end up developing a strained and unhealthy relationship with food. Which is a pity, because food should be celebrated not demonised. We tend to have more success when we embrace a change in the foods we eat as a permanent lifestyle change. The CSIRO Mediterranean Diet is a good example: it simply suggests we should eat more fruit and vegetables, legumes, wholegrain, fish and seafood, some dairy mainly yoghurt -, and most of our fats as mono-unsaturated olive oil. It is naturally high in protein and low in (refined) carbohydrates. It doesn’t exclude anything, but suggests that red meat and alcohol can be part of it in moderation. The diet reflected the lifestyle of Greek and Italian peasants in the 1900’s: "It was a poor man's diet. There wasn't a lot of meat. There was a bit of fish because fish was more available but primarily they subsisted on plant foods and legumes as their main source of proteins, and fermented dairy foods like yoghurt," according to Professor Itsiopoulos, head of School of Allied Health and Professor of Nutrition at La Trobe University. Diabetes and heart disease among this population was almost non-existent. Rich or poor, anyone can adopt the Mediterranean lifestyle and with Box Divvy, anyone can afford the fresh produce that is at the core of it. Check it out

17.01.2022 No major price changes but we can’t find: Ginger fresh or cured for love nor money. We’re taking it off the product list, possibly for a few weeks until supply improves Ruby grapefruit: we think this may the end of the season, until March/April next year. ... So it’s off the list unless we come across a late flush See more

16.01.2022 NEWS FEATURE Although we’d love to see mangoes and cherries come down in price , there are nevertheless some dramatic price falls for other product lines this week: corn and beans fell by 60%-70% (and corn is now about 85-90c a cob), whilst there were smaller falls for truss tomatoes, rainbow carrots, passionfruit, cauliflowers, and others. Many of these are now looking very cheap

13.01.2022 Shepherds Fruit Mince Pies: only available for 3 weeks!!

12.01.2022 Fruit News: Yesterday we reported White Menindee Grapes were available and now Red Crimson are available as well. Under $10/Kg. That was the good news. ... The bad news is that KP mangoes in all likelihood will be more expensive than we’d hoped: most suppliers expect them to be close to $3 each, so we’ve adjusted the price accordingly. However, we also came across some lovely R2E2 mangoes at a much better price (around $2.25 each). So we’re offering both. The one thing to keep in mind with R2E2’s: they must be absolutely ripe before eating. Colour is not always a good guide (they often have a slight green tinge), touch is better: they must have some ‘give’ before eating. If they’re still firm, leave them in a warm spot for a few days. OK, peaches got smashed alright up in Queensland, and other growing regions like Maroota, Canoelands, and southern NSW won’t start in earnest for another few weeks so gorge yourself on nectarines at under $4/Kg. Or new season plums, aptly named Earliqueens. They’re early indeed, and whilst as a rule, we don’t touch plums until close to Christmas, we do make exceptions from time to time and this Earliqueen is worth it. Sprinkle some lime juice over freshly cut papaya: it will completely transform its flavour (but make sure the papaya is at room temperature).

08.01.2022 Veg News: Charlie Vella in Freemans Reach is picking cabbages. We know, they’re not as exciting as mangoes or cherriesuntil you turn them into coleslaw. Honestly, is there anything better than eating cold coleslaw on a hot day? And they’re full of antioxidants, help prevent cancer, reduce blood pressure, control blood sugar, lower cholesterol and lose weight because of its high fibre content. As if you needed all this superfluous information, anyway Speaking of antioxida...nts: you can’t go past broccoli and cauliflower if you really want to stock up on the healthy stuff. And right now, they are super cheap Kim and Laks grow Lebanese cucumbers (among many other vegetables). The problem is: the vines are loving this weather and keep growing cucumbers in ever bigger numbers. We’ve reduced the price to $1.86! As the supply of local garlic picks up, prices are dropping rapidly. We’re expecting white garlic from the Murray region next week. It is expected to sell for around $19/Kg. Meanwhile, imported garlic is coming to the end of their northern season so we’ve taken it off. Buk Choi: $1.16 BUNCH Heirloom Toms BACK: $8.46KG Corn: $1.89 cob Beans: $9.46KG

01.01.2022 HQ NEWS Australians are used to having food in abundance: shops, farmers markets, delivery services, Box Divvy there is no shortage in food options. Not only is Australia as a nation self-sufficient, we export 65% of all our food which makes us just one of about a dozen countries in the world who are self-sufficient. It’s easy to take this for granted, but all it takes are some natural (or man-made) disasters to change the equation. To illustrate, consider two reports ...from the some of the wealthiest countries in the world: Last week, some 10,000 cars queued up at a Foodbank in San Antonio, Texas for a 50kg food parcel. Half the people who queued did so for the first time a continued fall-out from the COVID crisis that has caused 20 million Americans to lose their jobs, and 250,000 to lose their lives. These scenes are repeated at hundreds of Foodbanks across the USA. Meanwhile, the Brexit deadline is looming in the UK, and there is growing concern of food shortages that could last weeks or even months, according to The Guardian. The UK relies on Europe for much of its fresh food, and there is a growing risk of delays at the border not so good for perishable food. Coupled with very little spare warehouse capacity, it is feasible that food prices will rise sharply and leave many Britons going hungry at a time (the middle of winter) when virtually no fresh produce is picked locally. Drought, floods, bushfires, climate change, pandemics, you name it: all of these factors can impact on our food supply, which is why Box Divvy has adopted a diversification strategy: at the same time as we help local growers to become more resilient, we are expanding the amount of produce we can source from backyard growers across the Sydney suburbs. Mums, dads, kids, community gardens and schools are starting to recognise the risk, and expanding their food production. Please check out the Backyard Growers Box Divvy Facebook page, managed by Jaq our Freeranger in Panania. If you want to get involved and start supplying your produce to local Box Divvy hubs, please touch base with Jaq.