Monday, June 13, 2011

Producers

Our Melbourne paper. The Age, has a Tuesday Epicure section which was dedicated this week to small, specialist producers.
There are a lot of them!
Animal welfare, respect for the best quality, innovative marketing (eg buying a whole lamb at a time) and lots of specialising. Organic, Permaculture... There is even a new shop opening to cater to the needs of bee keepers!
It is nice to think this part of the food industry is growing up in time to be useful for the Yam Daisy Cafes! And, ofcourse, the YD Cafes will be very useful to them.
While the YamDaisy isn't a high budget enterprise, the idea is that it works like a family home. The economy of bulk cooking, avoiding waste, using what is in season, and in plentiful supply, means that there is room to buy beautiful produce.
And imagine what a difference it will make to such local producers when there are lots of YamDaisy Cafes, feeding lots of local families. Lovely!

4 comments:

  1. Wonderful and interesting post. I liked the 2nd picture very much. Looks very sweet.

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  2. A nice magazine for those who live nearby and wish to buy from locals which make sense of course rather than to buy products from the other side of the planet...

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  3. So glad to see growing interest in earth-friendly farming practices and buying of local food.

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