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Prom Coast Food Collective

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25.01.2022 Orders are opens!!! A box full of Christmas biscuits, organic and wood fired. Gingerbread People, Choc-Almond Hearts, Plum-filled Lebkuchen, and glazed Lemon Almond Star. Made from organic ingredients by the incredibly talented @oakandswan_sourdough. To gift, to stash, to mumch on. This is getting real, people. Orders are open: https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop

25.01.2022 Skip the supermarkets; you can do better. Put your ethics on the plate, and support farming families farming organically and regeneratively. https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop

25.01.2022 EXCLUSIVE TO THE COLLECTIVE THE TIME HAS COME! As leaked by the media today, we are pleased to announce that Prom Country Cheese RAW milk cheese, Moyarra Reserve has been given the all clear for release. The first batch will be available to purchase tomorrow, only online via Prom Coast Food Collective. Who will be the first to try this very special semi-hard cheese? At 6 months maturation, it has a golden, smear rind. When cut, texture is close and smooth. A vibrant, floral ...aroma greets the senses, building into a complex caramel finish, with spice lingering on the back palette. The only commercial cheese in Victoria to be uncooked at any stage of the process, all life from their raw Moyarra ewes milk at that time in early Autumn is encapsulated in this simple gourmet delight. https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop

24.01.2022 Know your farmer and your world will be richer for it. Vicki from Gippsland Gourmet Pies....this is the lovely lady responsible for the amazing pies on the Collective! Did you know that she's also a farmer? What's your favourite pie on the Collective? Orders close tomorrow (Monday): https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop

24.01.2022 The discussion needs to move away from WHAT one should eat, to HOW it is farmed. Which is why we do what we do: https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop

23.01.2022 Oh my sainted aunt. Orders are open! AND we have the new Prom Country Cheese Waratah. Pure sheep cheese, oozing with gentle, complex flavours. The golden aura of this style develops naturally from flora associated with vineyards. The aroma and flavour integrate and intensify with age, and the warmer the cheese becomes, the more powerful is this effect. https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop

23.01.2022 Bring back the small dairies, champion the bakers, know the farmers who tend the animals which feed you meat. Laud seasonal eating by supporting the market gardener and the orchardist. Your world will be richer for it, your diet more diverse, and regions will thrive from your patronage. Please. We need this local approach more than ever. Orders close tomorrow (Monday): https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop

22.01.2022 NEW PRODUCER ALERT: Welcome Sailors Grave Brewing to the Collective! Beer. The best. We have arrived. Orders opening tomorrow; youre on the mailing list right?

21.01.2022 Your small actions are powerful. Your everyday decisions hold weight: https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop We can absolutely change things when we work together. Support organic and regenerative small-scale farmers. #knowyourfarmerknowyourfood #dosomethingtodaythatyourfutureselfwillthankyoufor

20.01.2022 Just thank you. Sometimes we sit back and think, Huh, would you look at that, all those orders. We don’t take any of them for granted. We’re all so invested in making this work, that we happy-dance every single purchase. Lame? Oh, maybe a little, but this is the commitment and energy you sign up to with us. Even after over 3 years. So, thank you to all who regularly order, and if you’re looking at us sideways, sizing us up, wondering whether this is for youI’ll state wha...t we can do plainly: over 20 small-scale organic farming families, one shop, one payment, one delivery with automated texted delivery times throughout the day. And farmers get 90cents in the $1. We close for orders tomorrow (Monday) at 4pm. https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop Do us a kindness and tag and share?

20.01.2022 Did you know that when Betsy bakes bread and biscuits, she does so from biodynamic and organic grain which she and husband Greg have freshly milled? Yep. This bread is the product of a great, great deal of thought and respect: https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop

20.01.2022 Get to know your producers and your world will be richer for it. Narelle from Wild Earth Mother: writing a novel (historical fiction); her kids call her a mad scientis with her ferments! Narelle worked as a chef and owned restaurants for 20 years before starting Wild Earth Mother. Get on the good stuff: https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop

19.01.2022 Get to know your farmer and your world will be richer for it. Burke! One half of the dynamic couple which is Prom Country Cheese. Theyre the farmers and the cheese makers which makes them all the more awesome. Did you know Burke plays the Irish fiddle and used to busk at markets? Orders close tomorrow: https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop

19.01.2022 OPEN FOR ORDERS! We continue to swim against the tide of consumer norms. Take a dip with us: https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop

19.01.2022 Right now. Right this very second, the Collective Packing Team is working on getting that food truck full of your orders and on the road. Orders close tomorrow (Monday) at 4pm for next Sundays delivery: https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop Image credit: Colin and Sallys Organic Lamb and Beef

18.01.2022 Get to know your farmers and producers, or in this case, producer-to-be. The lovely Trish from Sanctuary @ Waratah. A long-time customer of the Collective, get ready to welcome her soon on board the Collective with awesome pate made from Mirboo Pastured Poultry chicken livers! Trish can fly a PLANE (!) and bakes cakes that are even bigger than her smile. Trish fed our Collective drivers and packing team this week (this cake was amazing). Get to know your farmers and makers, your world will be better for it. Orders close tomorrow: https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop

17.01.2022 Truth. Get on the good stuff. https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop #Repost @mikeysbbqsafari When you start with the best ingredients you meals will always taste that much better. ... Knowing where you food comes from also helps support ethical farming practices and small business. Delicious Organic Eggs from Ruby Hills Organics which we can’t go without in this house. Handmade Whole Wheat Fettuccine from @philfreshfarm which is the best tasting fresh pasta I’ve ever had. Bacon from Amber Creek Farm and Sawmill . I have tried a number of pork cuts and pork products and the flavour is outstanding. All items purchased via The Prom Coast Food Collective. I see a Fettuccine Carbonara in my future. Too cold and wet tonight for the BBQ so it was Stay In Cook In tonight. #mikeysbbq #mikeysbbqsafari #pasta #philfreshfarm #rubyhillsorganics #ambercreekfarm #bacon #eggs #knowyourfood #knowyourfarmer #promcoastfoodcollective #pork

16.01.2022 Its a long way from Gippsland to your door. Did you know that we now have a fancypants drivers app that lets you know when your order is arriving? So you dont have to watch the grass grow, thats our job. You get updated at the start of the day, an estimated time for delivery...then you get updated an hour out from delivery...then when it arrives on your doorstep. Weve come a long way baby! Grown and packed by the farmers and makers themselves in South Gippsland: https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop

16.01.2022 The food on your plate can be transformative. It can give you energy, it can delight, but it can also serve as a force for the betterment of many. Food on your plate can transform the lives of the farmers by giving them a fair price for their labour, it can reduce your carbon footprint by being local, it can support cleaner waterways and healthy and diverse pasture and soil by not using synthetic fertilisers, by being grown in organic and regenerative farming systems. Food ...which is packed and delivered by people who are paid properly for the labour. Theres an end game in mind for our efforts rejuvenate, re-localise, reintroduce food which is good for everyone all the way from soil to farmer to delivery and plate. The farmers and makers on the Collective receive 90 cents in the $1. This is what respect looks like. https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop #fiestyfemaleandfarmerled

16.01.2022 Real food. Grown in organic soil and food raised on organic pasture. Short supply chains. Contactless delivery. Supporting farmers to keep farming. No-brainer: https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop

15.01.2022 These are not just random dots on a map...these will be where we deliver to every Monday. This is huge, people! We will still deliver to lots of metro locations and locally each Sunday...but if Monday is more your jam, then we can deliver allllll over... And we are ready to take orders: https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop If you've ever checked in with us to see if we deliver to you...well...the answer is probably now, "yes". ... See this link or check out the map to check if we deliver to your home or place of work on a Monday. https://www.coldxpress.com.au/delivery-schedule/

15.01.2022 Hellz-yes. https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop

15.01.2022 Naw. Community. Come and be a part of the local food scene: https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop

13.01.2022 Orders opening tomorrow (Wednesday). What's new? Thick, fudge-like, rich chocolate sauce from @sanctuaryatwaratah, biodynamic sultanas...and Betsy from @oakandswan_sourdough is making crackers again! #omgomgomgomgomg

13.01.2022 Supporter Stories; this is the splendiferousTania: "This is me and my bestie Finn. My favourite things about the collective (cos I couldn't choose just one!) are the friendly and fast customer service, the AMAZING produce and products, the fact that the farmers get 90c of every dollar I spend, reduced food miles and fresh seasonal produce, the focus on organic and regenerative farming practices, and getting to know a bit about the people who produce the food that I eat Tha...nk you for the great job that you do for us " *starts to ugly cry but composes myself*...we are determined as all get up to make positive change, so jump in: https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop

12.01.2022 Take me to your leader, this is epic. Simple, delectable, ethical. It ain't difficult: https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop #Repost @mikeysbbqsafari Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Made sure I kept 1 home made beef patty in the fridge last night. ... Just so I could have another BagelCheeseBurger for lunch today. Organic dairy beef with melted American cheese, organic mixed lettuce and pickles. Given a little kick along with Habanero & Mango sauce from @melbournehotsauce Beef from Tarago Valley Organic mixed lettuce from Finmaw Farm Delivered paddock to plate by the absotively fantastic crew from @promcoastfoodcollective #mikeysbbq #mikeysbbqsafari #bbq #burger #bagelburger #bagelcheeseburger #cheeseburger #knowyourfood #knowyourfarmer #stayincookout #stayingrillout #stayinbbqout

12.01.2022 Orders are open!! And...new season organic asparagus! https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop

10.01.2022 Arent we just the luckiest to have glorious organic eggs such as this on the Collective? Orders closing in two days: https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop So lovely Ruby Hills Organics

08.01.2022 I agree with Betsy. #Repost @oakandswan_sourdough The weeks wind along one way or another, like a line of lemony pinwheels. Pattern, repetition, method in the madness, small moments among the busy days. Orders are open for delicious goodness at the @promcoastfoodcollective Home delivered weekly. https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop #revolutionary #delicious #local

08.01.2022 We want to hear from you, the customer. We would love you to send in a photo of yourself or your family, or your veg garden or aging dachshund and let us know what's your favourite thing about the Collective; what makes it work for you? Ok, I'll go first Here's Colin, 45 years old, been buying from the Collective since day 1, literally every cycle. "Hey, Col, what's your favourite thing about the Collective?" "Oh, definitely the knowledge that we are supporting a system whic...h directly supports the community in which we live". "Anything else, Col"? "That is makes you happy, Sal, and those Welsh Cakes". Disclaimer: Colin is the husband of one of the founders, Sally...who may or may not have put words into his mouth, coerced an answer with the promise of hot chocolate and generally jollied the whole thing along. Oh, and orders are open: https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop See more

07.01.2022 Did you know that we deliver to over 200 locations? Your suburb or town not currently on the delivery list? Always ask just in case: https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop

05.01.2022 We dont have an an advertising budget; small-scale organic farmers rarely do. We compete for "air space" with the big guys. But we do have you. When you purchase from the Collective, over 20 small-scale farming families are supported by receiving 90c in the $1 for their produce. We pay the farmers to pack the produce, we pay the farmer/drivers to deliver it. We even send them with a wholesome snack. We are physically and emotionally invested in our regions economic recovery and stability, the health of the land through organic and regenerative farming and in feeding the wider community food which is vibrant with health and taste. We are now home delivering to over 200 locations. Tag, share, lets do better than the supermarkets... https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop

05.01.2022 Orders close tomorrow. We will make positive change to our food system. We believe that. So we keeping farming. So we can keep feeding you. We want to be your farmers. https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop

05.01.2022 Were fiesty, female-and-farmer-led and we WILL make positive change to our food system: https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop

03.01.2022 Delighted that our dear Collective got a mention...orders close on Monday: https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop

03.01.2022 We pay our farmers and makers 90 cents in the $1. We run a business based on kindness, fairness and integrity. Get amongst the kind local food system: https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop

02.01.2022 Notes on orders; the deliveries at the moment are contactless, but the connection remains: https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop

01.01.2022 The Anatomy of a Payment and the Ethics in your Order. Hint: Theres no such thing as "free delivery". Ever wondered about the fees on the Collective? Lets break this down. This particular order pictured is for a home-delivered order. Straight to your door from 2.5 hours away in South Gippsland! 1. Legendary status starts with this number.... 2. Admin fee this $5 is all that the Collective has to run the whole shebang. Insurance, accounting fees, website hosting, marketing etc all from here. 3. Shipping this is the amount which we use to pay our farmer/drivers. Did you know that the majority of the delivery drivers on the Collective are also farmers on the Collective? Sending them out on the long trips to Melbourne needs to be a paid gig otherwise our system will not be sustainable. 4. Transaction fee this is the fee from paying via our Stripe system (just like PayPal). 5. Total as in Total Legend. Youve just helped strengthen the local food system and put money back into a regional community. You did it. If these fees didnt exist, the Collective would not be able to pay our farmers the 90% of the retail dollar, which they currently take through sales on the Collective. Why 90%? 1% goes to our sales portal, the Open Food Network, and 9% goes to Amelia and Sally, who run the Collective. Its a big gig and it is getting bigger. We thought about internalising the costs to make the payment section feel friendlier, but we wanted you to be aware of what it takes to get produce to your door. Oh, and theres no such thing as free delivery, those costs have either been hidden from you, the customer, or the system operates on unfair or underpaid wages or volunteers. We as farmers and conscientious workers, will not abide by this. Were female and farmer-led, feisty and fed-up with the current devaluing of food and farmers. So we did something about it. Put your ethics on the table: https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop

01.01.2022 Ilan. Chicken farmer extraordinaire. Did you know that Ilan from Mirboo Pastured Poultry has been with the Collective since the very beginning? As a farmer and now also a driver. Did you know that he also plays in an orchestra? His chicken is amazing. Get to know your farmers and your life will be richer for it: https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop

01.01.2022 NEW PRODUCT ALERT! Oh yes. Available from tomorrow, when orders open, @sanctuaryatwaratah is offering their incredibly delicious pate, using chicken livers from Mirboo Pastured Poultry. In a reusable glass jar. Ethical food - done right.

01.01.2022 Get to know your farmers and your life will be richer for it. Ray from Seven Acres Farm; scene set designer and signwriter, also accomplished mogul skier! But you might just know him as the excellent grower of leeks, apples... https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/prom-coast-food-co-op/shop