One of the greatest things about returning home to Melbourne has been discovering new food producers and suppliers. As someone obsessed with vegetables, and in particular the locally grown, organic variety, I was super excited to find Grown and Gathered.
Owned by Matt and Lentil, the couple grow organic veggies, herbs, fruit and flowers (over 500 varieties!) from their one acre farm where they operate a sustainable closed loop system (read more here). They supply some of Melbourne's best restaurants and florists, and now they also sell direct to the public with a weekly veggie box drop off on Thursday nights.
I ordered last week and was blown away by the quality of the produce. Beautiful coloured carrots, the most aromatic basil I've ever smelt, bok choy, edible flowers, beetroots, salad greens and so much more were all lovingly wrapped up for me to collect.
It was great to meet the people who grew, cared for, harvested, wrapped and packed my food. If you live near one of their weekly drop off points I highly recommend ditching the supermarket and ordering from these guys. You simply place your order by the Tuesday night before, pay online, and then pick up between 5 - 7pm. It is so much nicer, and potentially way quicker, than going to Coles/Woolworths, and the produce is top quality - it tastes how food should taste!
Check Matt and Lentil's work out here.
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