I don’t grow any of my own food. Yeh — that’s bad for someone who writes a blog about local food, I know. But before you judge, first let me justify myself with my knee-jerk, overly defensive excuses:
But I know this is going to have to change.
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Who: Trevor Gow
Where: Toose St, Moruya 
Where: north side of the bridge
Distance from Mogo: 9 miles
November – February produce: onions, potatoes, cucumbers, zucchini
December – March produce: tomatoes, lettuce, pumpkin, beans
Year-round produce: garlic, beetroot, silverbeet, carrots, rhubarb
From: farm gate 
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Who: Ron and Robyn Russell
Where: River Road, Mogood
Distance from Mogo: 19.5 miles
Produce: blueberries, loganberries, youngberries, strawberries, tayberries, raspberries, marionberries, boysenberries, peaches, nectarines, plums, nashi pears
Available: different varieties ripen at various times from early December to late January (refer to farm’s website here)
From: farm gate, pick your own
Contact: 02 4478 1057
Contact: info [at] clyderiverberryfarm.com.au
Contact: www.clyderiverberryfarm.com.au
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UPDATE February 2011: Regrettably, circumstances have forced Yasmine and Adam to wind down their free range egg operation for the forseeable future. In a perfect example of how difficult it can be to sustain a farming lifestyle, the Bonner’s dog kennel and cattery business, which provided their supplementary off-farm income, has reached the end of its lease and they have had to return to Nowra to once again run it themselves.
The hens have all been sold to a free range farm in Temora, so they continue to live free to express their inner chook. I already miss their eggs. The eggs I had this morning were just not up to standard.
I hope this is only a temporary situation and I look forward to hearing from Yasmine again when they’re ready to get back to the farm.
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Who: Yasmine and Adam Bonner
Where: Warrigal Range Road, Brogo
Distance from Mogo: 55.9 miles
Produce: eggs
Available: every day of the year
From: Batemans Bay: Starfish Deli
Moruya: Southlands Butchery, Southlands Fruit & Veg, The River Restaurant, Air Raid Tavern, Afflick’s Butchery
Tuross Head: Tuross Head Butcher
Bodalla: Bodalla Dairy Shed, Bodalla Service Station
Narooma: Narooma IGA, Narooma Health Foods, South Coast Seafoods, Quarterdeck Marina
Tilba Tilba: Rose & Sparrow Café, Pam’s Village Store
Wallaga Lake: Wallaga Lake Caravan Park
Cobargo: Cobargo Bazaar, Valley Edge Café
Bermagui: 777 Supermarket & Deli, Morrison’s on Lamont Restaurant, Bermagui Country Club, Horseshoe Bay Fruit & Veg
Bega: Kydd’s Butchery
Tathra: Bega Dried Foods, Tathra Butcher
Merimbula: Merimbula Fresh Food, Bega Valley Fresh, Wheeler’s Seafood Restaurant
Pambula: Pambula Fruit Market
Contact: details on the carton, feedback welcome
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Who: Fraser Bayley and Kirsti Wilkinson
Where: Old Mill Road, Turlinjah
Distance from Mogo: 16.9 miles
Summer produce: zucchini, cucumbers, tomatoes, corn, salad greens, beans, potatoes, capsicums, beetroot
Autumn produce: most of the Summer crops and also eggplant, pumpkin, early peas, fennel, celeriac
Winter produce: broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, cabbage, carrots, parsnip, stored pumpkin, beetroot
Spring produce: salad greens, kale, spinach, silverbeet, radish, beetroot, some Summer crops in late spring
Seasons refer to nature’s seasons of equinoxes and solstices, not modern man’s calendar.
From: Moruya Markets — Stall 76 (opposite Vanuccino’s Coffee adjacent to car park), The River Restaurant, Moruya Health & Café
Contact: 0410 558 138
Contact: makipi.f [at] gmail.com
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Who: John and Robyn Gamble
Where: Bingie Road, Bingie
Distance from Mogo: 14.6 miles
Produce: beef
Available: sporadically, usually in Spring
From: Southlands Butchery, between the roundabouts, Princes Highway, Moruya
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Rustic Pantry Wholefoods
1 May, 2011Isn’t eating local food great? It’s so tasty, so fresh, so nutritious, so convenient…
Wait a minute!! What was that last thing? I think I got carried away with some wishful thinking for a moment there. Speaking as someone who hasn’t quite yet reconciled the contradictions of modern living with sustainable living, I have to say I’ve struggled to include more local food in my groceries because it precisely isn’t convenient.
Markets are great (if there is one where you live) but I work on Saturdays, which is when my local market operates. I imagine many people have the same issue.
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