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For those of you in Sydney or who read the Sydney Morning Herald, we had a great article appear in there on Friday, written by one of their regular columnist's, Steve Manfredi. If you don't get the Herald and are interested in reading the article, here is the link: http://smh.com.au/lifestyle/cuisine/cooking-with-borlotti-beans-20120312.html. … continue reading post

We were thrilled to see the Weekly Times has just done a lovely story on our beans. If you would like to view the link for the article, here it is: http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2012/03/07/451511_print_friendly_article.html. The article has come at a great time. We got 3" of rain this week and the Patch … continue reading post

I wrote a few days ago about how we had lost the borlotti bean patch 2 to the heat. One thing we’ve learned in the world of this brand new product – when the borlotti’s are ready…they are ready! They wait for no person, no machine, no packline, nothing! While … continue reading post

Sometimes farming is filled with joy…and sometimes it brings disappointment. As stone fruit growers, there is often no greater pleasure than sharing, eating and enjoying a beautiful, ripe, stone fruit and knowing that we’ve grown it. Or doing in-store demos and talking to people whose kids love our fruit. It … continue reading post

As farmers, Michael and I are pretty new to this social media business. However, I’ve always loved to talk and share recipes and to some degree, this is the part of social media that really appeals to me. The chance to meet people from near and far, and connect over … continue reading post

20 Feb 2012: Days to Harvest – 1 Fingers crossed, Michael will finally be in the paddock and harvesting beans tomorrow! He can’t wait and he said come h-ll or high water, he’s harvesting! The packline is 90% done and just waiting for some beans to run over it so … continue reading post

16 February: Days to Harvest 3-4 Well, it is getting down to the wire now. Michael is currently flat out working on bringing our no-touch packline for the beans together so we can start harvesting asap. I am not sure if I wrote much about it in a previous blog, … continue reading post

Wow – Michael and I were so excited to see Edible Gems mentioned in the recent issue of the BBC Good Food Magazine. We are getting some fantastic press, which is both wonderful and appreciated. There is no doubt people are interested in our freshly shelled beans. We are on … continue reading post

Great to see a lovely snippet on our Edible Gems beans picked up in Paradise Magazine, part of the Gold Coast Bulletin. Anyone interested in reading the snippet can click the following link: http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx. We’ve also just received word we have a Gold Coast stockist for Edible Gems. Look for … continue reading post

14 February: Days to Harvest – 6 Given we are hoping to get product to stores the week of the 20th Feb, we have been working hard to pull together the stores who are going to be stocking Edible Gems. Having been greengrocers ourselves, we really wanted to keep this … continue reading post