Birthdays, Hams, Markets

We recently attended the 2nd Birthday celebrations of That Wholefood Place in Rockhampton. They are a great supporter of our business and have the same core values that we do - supporting small, local businesses, and supplying good quality food ingredients so that YOU can prepare fabulous meals for yourself and your family. We hope that we get to celebrate many more birthdays with That Wholefood Place!

The following is what I put together in preparation for the day, and then scaled it back to a dot point flyer. I also thought that there might be a few newcomers to our site so thought I'd put it all up here. Please read (or scroll) right to the end as I have a few notices regarding hams and markets.

All the meat products we sell come from animals raised on our property “Anabank”, located in the Dawson Valley.   We have many satisfied customers that say our meat has flavour and is consistently tender.

Pork, Bacon and Ham

The pigs are fed a grain ration but are certified true free range with PROOF – Pasture Raised On Open Fields. We pride ourselves on giving our pigs a true freerange life, where they can display their natural behaviours. They are fed a balanced grain ration that we mix ourselves from locally sourced grains so that we can ensure that the grain is not sprayed out with glysophate before harvesting and is not treated afterwards with any chemicals. We do not include any GMO products, including recycled vegetable oils.

We make nitrate free Bacon, Ham, Pickled Pork and Corned Beef, which is simply salted and wood smoked. The Conventional Bacon, Ham, Pickled Pork and Corned Beef is salted with a preservative added and then wood smoked. We use a small amount of preservative, which is less nitrate than would be found in your saliva, so we feel it is quite safe. Most store bought bacon will have a lot of other ingredients (chemical flavourings) that are not good for you, so we have kept ours very simple, which allows the true flavour of our pork to shine.

Beef, Lamb and Goat

Our Bush Friendly Beef is bred and grown out on “Anabank”, but is owned by our children.  So we are a family owned and run business. “Anabank” was certified Organic with Australian Certified Organic in 2016. This means that the animals aren’t certified organic until mid 2018 when the organic calves reach slaughter age. They have been managed organically for many years previous to this. The abattoir and butcher we use is not certified organic. The animals are completely pasture raised and finished – no grain ration is given. It is called Bush Friendly Beef because we use regenerative farming techniques which maintain a healthy ecosystem for our domestic animals, as well as the wild animals and birds. By using rotational grazing, grass cover is maintained which reduces run-off, which in turn prevent nutrient loss and thus damage to the Great Barrier Reef.

The Sheep and Goats are managed similarly to the cattle, they are rotated and managed organically. We use hay or leauceana in dry conditions to ensure the meat remains a quality product. We don’t vaccinate or use any other non-organic treatments on the animals. All animals are certified under PROOF’s rigorous guidelines to be pasture raised and finished.

I'll be at the markets in Yeppoon and Rockhampton this coming weekend - 2nd and 3rd December. Then we only have one market before the end of the year - on the 16th and 17th December. This will be the market that we bring our hams to those that have pre-ordered. I have a few hams left so if you would like one, here are the details:

$22/kg for a full or half, bone in Leg Ham. Please send me an email with your preference of Nitrate Free or Conventional, half or whole ham and include your phone number please.

Also, can you please think about what Christmas Orders you may have. So that we can ensure we send enough animals over to the abattoir, it would be really helpful if you are likely to want more of anything than you normally do. We will have beef, lamb and porkie products. No goat, sorry. Please let me know by Sunday night the 3rd December.

It's all getting very close.........