tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915475888623640248.post3432754781197293364..comments2023-05-18T22:48:39.363+10:00Comments on Provenance Growers: Common sense is not so commonPaulette Whitney, Provenance Growershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04611769384551068930noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915475888623640248.post-74786439761326798362013-08-14T19:38:34.262+10:002013-08-14T19:38:34.262+10:00The food system is so ridiculous, I hadn't hea...The food system is so ridiculous, I hadn't heard about this new egg law but it's such a shame. I grow the market garden at Tafe and I have so much available food that I always offer other horticulture students but they're just not interested in eating anything from the garden, and they're horticulture students!! People have a warped understanding of what food really is, but every few weeks I manage to send someone home with a bunch of kale or silverbeet to try :) Keep doing your amazing work, we all have to work towards building nourishing, strong communities with good, healthy food and local support.Cara Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810872564341344290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915475888623640248.post-25629139844233044612013-05-21T17:42:34.842+10:002013-05-21T17:42:34.842+10:00Have just encountered your page and I guess you sh...Have just encountered your page and I guess you should be complimented for this piece. More power to you!Vegan Desserthttp://www.pizazzsweets.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915475888623640248.post-38024255927801889892013-04-23T19:35:20.769+10:002013-04-23T19:35:20.769+10:00You write with such common sense! It must have so...You write with such common sense! It must have something to do with getting your hands in the soil. As a ex cafe owner and current caterer, I bought the neighbourhood eggs and then some from a little farther. None of which were stamped nor in new cartons. A revolt has to start at the "grass roots" level (pardon the pun). So very glad to have come across you. :) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915475888623640248.post-15534968781030372352013-03-12T20:42:31.522+11:002013-03-12T20:42:31.522+11:00I am so excited to have found your blog, having ju...I am so excited to have found your blog, having just moved to Neika and being an avid food gardener and herb enthusiast as well. I will have to look out for you at the markets sometime and say hello : )Spell Garden Herbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00827460366070831872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915475888623640248.post-67577746246211052492013-02-26T16:25:54.414+11:002013-02-26T16:25:54.414+11:00Yes to it all being madness, Paulette. Within this...Yes to it all being madness, Paulette. Within this system created by idiots we have to join with those prepared to step out of it. Sharing, swapping and other innovative systems provide me with raw milk, home-killed meat and even eggs in old cartons! One day, though, the madness will more or less self-destruct .... I just hope I am here to see it!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10140249815996700049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915475888623640248.post-8258458200287820442013-02-21T12:09:35.535+11:002013-02-21T12:09:35.535+11:00Oh Paulette, its an upsidedown crazy world we live...Oh Paulette, its an upsidedown crazy world we live in. you write very beautifully, from the heart and so articulate given the passionate gusto! You are an inspiration, always reminding me whats what, perfect timing thank you! xxJacintahttp://www.pantreeproduce.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915475888623640248.post-5623854847262110622013-02-20T22:18:55.600+11:002013-02-20T22:18:55.600+11:00Thank you!Thank you!Paulette Whitney, Provenance Growershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04611769384551068930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915475888623640248.post-22545232550582262592013-02-20T22:17:27.307+11:002013-02-20T22:17:27.307+11:00It is absurd, another scary aspect is that Coles a...It is absurd, another scary aspect is that Coles and Woolies have now got their own brand of organic foods, so even organic food at the supermarket is homogenised and industrial. Studying horticulture you do a section on chemical safety which pretty much converts every thinking person to organics! Upside down and sideways indeed.Paulette Whitney, Provenance Growershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04611769384551068930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915475888623640248.post-1896032914481819462013-02-20T22:12:21.741+11:002013-02-20T22:12:21.741+11:00Thanks Ruth! Wearing my ranty pants on here is the...Thanks Ruth! Wearing my ranty pants on here is theraputic, it is so wonderful to have support and hear from like-minded folk. Thank goodness for you too. xxooPaulette Whitney, Provenance Growershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04611769384551068930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915475888623640248.post-883769375659777092013-02-20T22:10:12.239+11:002013-02-20T22:10:12.239+11:00Thanks so much Lisbeth. Such kind words, it is bec...Thanks so much Lisbeth. Such kind words, it is because so many people think the same way that keeps us working the way we do. Thanks for your support! <br />Paulette xxPaulette Whitney, Provenance Growershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04611769384551068930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915475888623640248.post-72216223469095911652013-02-20T20:56:41.037+11:002013-02-20T20:56:41.037+11:00You feel the pain! It is crazy, I have a customer ...You feel the pain! It is crazy, I have a customer at the market who waits by my stall early to grab my eggs for her husband. He is unwell and she says he loves them. I'm sure that the fact the birds have loads of greens and sunlight make them more nutritious for him and it is those interactions and relationships that make working like we do worthwhile! I do only sell 4 -5 dozen a week. I'm working on establishing purslane for my girls to increase their omega 3s http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20564433 Let's stage a revolt!Paulette Whitney, Provenance Growershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04611769384551068930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915475888623640248.post-68068467804019447912013-02-20T20:49:45.305+11:002013-02-20T20:49:45.305+11:00The Hobart City Council health inspectors told me ...The Hobart City Council health inspectors told me I have to use new packaging, I raised the issue of labelling but was told that it is a hygiene issue and I shouldn't even store eggs in used cartons for personal use since old cartons are so dangerous.... I really think they are bonkers!<br />Paulette Whitney, Provenance Growershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04611769384551068930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915475888623640248.post-66380924935414788982013-02-20T20:48:20.003+11:002013-02-20T20:48:20.003+11:00Yerrrssss the egg thing. There's all sorts of ...Yerrrssss the egg thing. There's all sorts of irksome things about it. The one that gets me is the nutritional information label. Now I, you, me as egg producers have to put the eggs nutritional information on the label. If you ask how to get that sorted they direct you to a website that has the info already, you just print it out and stick it on your egg carton. The rub is that all eggs have the same nutritional value. Oh well if thats the case I may as well put a few thousand chooks in a shed. Hey the eggs are the same! What a load of absolute nonsense. And don't get me started on paying the egg board.. for what I'm not exactly sure. Are they going to use those funds for R & D into small scale poultry integration into vegetable systems and the proper nutritional value that those fresh, sun powered, free range, high nutrient diet eggs provide the customers who know a good thing when they taste it? I think not. They'll use those funds to figure out how to squeeze more eggs out of a battery hen and I for one refuse to give them my hard earned for that purpose. Civil disobedience Paulette. I know your customers and mine have the right to good fresh food and to openly purchase that food without fear of the farmer they know and trust getting penalised for providing them with such. But in the meantime it's black market, under the counter eggs. No sir, only sell 15 dozen a week. X. F. O.M.RAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915475888623640248.post-14978807430104154232013-02-20T20:38:15.805+11:002013-02-20T20:38:15.805+11:00Secondhand egg cartons are only illegal if you pas...Secondhand egg cartons are only illegal if you pass your eggs off as someone else's by leaving the brand or what ever on. It's a consumer/fair trade/copyright issue not food safety. Others at the market have done and do now stick their own labels on old cartons. You could olso just remove any brand or company identifiers. If you have been told it's food safety have you also been told which law?petenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915475888623640248.post-6194961977253037562013-02-20T17:29:49.393+11:002013-02-20T17:29:49.393+11:00thats a good read ,and right on so many levels of ...thats a good read ,and right on so many levels of rational thinking thankyouAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915475888623640248.post-37763410059600439552013-02-20T16:21:45.266+11:002013-02-20T16:21:45.266+11:00I agree!!!!! I have been thinking about the absurd...I agree!!!!! I have been thinking about the absurdity that organic growers have to go through to prove they are organic when everyone else can just put whatever chemicals they like on a vegetable - sell it - and never have to tell the customer that they have just poisoned your food! the world is all upside down and side ways.Michelle Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06241990318989501093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915475888623640248.post-83824443203563195182013-02-20T13:25:00.080+11:002013-02-20T13:25:00.080+11:00i LOVE you when you wear your ranty pants.
Thank ...i LOVE you when you wear your ranty pants. <br />Thank goodness for people like you Paulette.<br /><br />xxxxGourmetGirlfriendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14540195749908936684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915475888623640248.post-80058285717393495392013-02-20T13:07:55.802+11:002013-02-20T13:07:55.802+11:00Great piece Paulette. Logical, brimming with commo...Great piece Paulette. Logical, brimming with common sense, balancing the economic and environmental challenges, as well as being authentic and heart felt. As a producer, please keep up the fight; and as a consumer I'll keep supporting you! Kind regards Lisbeth (Silent Range Estate)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17516897047785408968noreply@blogger.com