One of the things about wanting to make a change when it comes to the food we buy is finding quality sources without having to scour the internet for hours or get duped by greenwashing terms like ‘farm raised’ or ‘grown naturally’ which can often land the most well-intentioned among us, well and truly tricked!
My new book, Low Tox Life: FOOD helps us focus on the three things that unite all eaters in striving for better health, a strong future for our planet and better treatment of animals and those are:
- Addressing and dramatically reducing the reliance on ultra-processed foods, which make up 60% of the average shopping trolley here, in the UK and the US.
- Eliminating waste – getting savvier in the kitchen, making the most of everything we buy instead of wasting 1 in 5 shopping bags worth, and starting that compost or worm farm you’ve been meaning to start for years now!
- Upgrading our sources of food to be from regenerative farming methods, rather than extractive ones.
This post has you covered on your quest to connect with regenerative producers and suppliers. Thank you to everyone for letting us know where you shop from to get great quality fruit, veg, meat, fish and pantry staples already. I hope you find it useful and if there’s someone you don’t see on the list here that you know for a fact is farming for biodiversity, soil health and carbon sequestration, then give them a shout out in the comments and we’ll update the post over time to include them all.
We need to create a bigger and bigger market for farmers to transition to these methods and if all you can do is switch up a couple of things for now, then let that be enough and make that important change.
Alexx x
Fruits, vegetables, and other fresh produce
NSW
Rita’s Farm
The Organic Scarecrow
Wholefoods House
Santos Organics
Box Divvy
Hillview Farms
Your Food Collective
Almar Organics
Choku Baijo
Ooooby – Sydney and surrounds
Nom Bulk Foods
Out of the Box
Turra Murra Fresh Produce
Five Serves Produce
Organic Feast
The Farmacy Organics
Goulburn Organics
Food Integrity Group
Pete’s Organic Market
Foodie’s Organic
Organic Veggie Box
North Arm Farms
Unique Wholefood
Eco Farms
QLD
Market Organics
Food Connect
Spray Free Farmacy
Family Life Organics
Wholefood Harvest
Home Fresh Organics
Mt Alma Organics
VIC
The Organic Place
Organic Angels
Terra Madre
Ladybird Organics
Green Onions
Benton Rise Farm
Good Food Emporium
Ceres Fair Food
Fruits N Fare
The Fruits of Life
Bendigo Wholefoods
Organic Mojo
Organic Larder
Casuarina Farm
Surf Coast Wholefoods
Parkdale Community Grocer
Gippy Organics
Forever Fresh
Leaf Store
New Zealand
Grey Lynn Farmers Market
Huckleberry
UK
Riverford Organic Farms
USA
Kimberton Wholefoods
Whole Foods Market
Local CSA networks across the USA
Ethical, grass-fed, pasture-raised meat
Remember sometimes butchers/meat purveyors will stock a few things that aren’t ideal. For beef/lamb you want grass fed/pasture raised – organic can sometimes mean the animals are not fed their natural grass diet and fed organic grains, so “organic” isn’t always ideal for beef/lamb.
For chicken/pork organic or biodynamic or really knowing your farmer is important, as these animals can be supplemented grain mixes containing genetically modified corn and soy.
Always best to gently ask until you decide on your firm-favourite suppliers.
NSW
Ethical Farmers
Hayters Hill Farm
Full Circle Farm
Maugers Quality Meat
Carbeen Pasteured Produce
Cleaver and Co Quality Meats
Farm to Freezer
Feather and Bone
Foodies Organic
Grace Springs Farm
Goulburn Organics
Butcher Crowd
Gum Park Beef
Harris Farm Markets
Hunter Natural
Little Hill Farm
Moorlands Lamb
Mudgee Lamb
Morpeth Butchery
Organic Feast
Sam The Butcher
Snow Gum Farm
The Free Range Butcher
The Conscious Farmer
Vincentia Craft Butchery
Table Under a Tree
Taravale Flour & Lamb
The Butcher and The Chef
The Food Farm
Bathurst Wholefood Cooperative
Bourke Street Butchery
Brooklet Springs Farm
Shiralee Meats
Richard’s Meats
Kingsmore Meats
Value Life Farm
Wagga Free Range Pork
QLD
Kialla Organic Beef
The Good Farm Shop
Sherwood Rd Organic Meats
Quality Pasturefed Beef
The Woolly Sheep
Sunshine Coast Organic Meat
Bauers Butchery
TMP Organics Butcher Supermarket
Echo Valley Farm
Gleneden Family Farm
Our Cow
Maleny Black Angus Beef
High Brit Beef
Aus Organic Meat Co – Capalaba
St Margaret’s Creek
Boutique Meats Kitchen
The Paddock Butchery – Darling Downs
Andrews Indooroopilly
VIC
Cheery Tree Organics
Hagen’s Organics
Otway Prime
Redina’s Butchery
Landfall Farm Fresh
Yarra Valley Poultry
Earthy Mamma
Colin and Sally’s Organic Farm
Pig and Earth Farm
Chapman’s Butchery
Lakey Farm
WA
Paddock and Farm Butchery
Reids Meats & Delicatessen
New Zealand
Commonsense Organics
The Organic Food Shop
UK
Pipers Farm
Kimbers’ Farms and Farm Shop
Nolan’s of Clontarf
Darts Farm
USA
Polyface Farms
Mills Farm NC
White Oak Pastures
Pasture Bird
Primal Pastures
Markegard Family Farm, CA
Sustainable wild-caught fish sources
Remember – often you still have to ask if it’s wild caught, local, and be wary of marinara mixes which often contain a blend of overseas and local fish/seafood – better to make your own!
NSW
Kiama Fisheries
Nowra Fresh
The One That Got Away
Shane’s Seafood
Mrs Fish
Bare Wholefoods
Narooma Seafood
Broth Bar & Larder
Claudio’s Quality Seafood
QLD
Sherwood Rd Organic Meats
Soulfish Ocean Fresh Seafood
Ocean Safe Seafood
Tweed Rivers Seafoods
VIC
The Fish Shoppe
Redina’s Butchery
Aptus Seafood
Cannings Free Range Butchers
Yarra Valley Poultry
SA
Samtass Bros. Seafoods
Angler Stirling
New Zealand
Huckleberry – Mount Cook Fresh Salmon Portions
Farro Seafood
Harbour Fish
USA
Hill’s Pennsylvania
Pantry staples
NSW
Primal Alternative (National, ready-baked grain-free goods)
Honest to Goodness
The Source Bulk Food Store
The Wholefood Collective
Seed & Husk
Wholefoods House
Unique Wholefood
The Healthful Pantry
Health Nuts Australia
Organic Scarecrow
Doorstep Organics
Wild Culture
Whole & Happy
Kombu Wholefoods
Organic Feast
Coco’s Wealth of Health
Foodie’s Organic
Milton Wholefood
North Arm Farm
QLD
Spray Free Farmacy
Market Organics
Food Connect
Mick’s Nuts
Vive Health
Honest to Goodness
Family Life Organics
Birdsong Organic Garden
Kiah Organics
The Little Organic Co.
VIC
The Organic Place
The Source Bulk Foods AU
Lady Bird Organics
Green Onions
Benton Rise Farm
Thrive Bulk Wholefoods
Ceres Fair Food
The Fruits of Life
Good Vibes Wholefoods Store
Fruits N Fare
Spray Free Farmacy
My Home Pantry
Valerie’s Pantry
Terra Madre
The Wholefood Collective
Leaf Store
The Full Pantry
New Zealand
Family Pantry
Common Sense Organics
Good For
Taste Nature
UK
Scoop Wholefoods UK
My Zero Lifestyle UK
Organico
Good Club
Ethical Superstore
Eat Wholefoods
Buy Wholefoods Online
USA
Wholefoods Market
Kimberton Wholefoods
Scoop Marketplace, Washington State
Sources for people with allergies and dietary restrictions
NSW
Primal Alternative (national)
Kultured Wellness (national)
The Medicine Man
Honest to Goodness
The Source Bulk Foods
Santos Organics
Market Organics
Organic Feast
Food Works
Taste Organic
Unique Wholefood
Goulburn Organics
Deeto
Berkelo
QLD
Grandma’s Pantry
Family Life Organics
VIC
Sunnybrook Health Store
Good Food Emporium
Honest to Goodness
Surf Coast Wholefoods
The Source Bulk Foods
Ardor Food Co.
Eastfield Natural Foods
New Zealand
IE Produce
Huckleberry
Common Sense Organics
Naturally Organic
USA
Kimberton Wholefoods
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Country Meats Direct has amazing pasture fed beef, lamb & pork bulk packs fresh from the farm. You can also buy specific cuts of meat, eggs, and other products. We love it. We’re in Sydney, I’m sure they deliver other places in NSW also.
Wholefood Merchants has amazing organic fruit and veg, meat, pantry staples and is an awesome resource for allergies. Its in Ferntree Gully, Victoria.
Dirty Clean Food, WA: stock and deliver meats, seafood, eggs, dairy, veg and fruit boxes from a range of regenerative and sustainable farms and farmers from the Great Southern, South West and Peel regions of WA.
Organic Fine Foods, WA: pork, chicken, eggs, beef, veg, preserves
Bannister Downs, WA: dairy
Moses an Co Market Wholefoods VIC have a store in the South Melbourne Market & also have an online store (can deliver non fridge items nationally). They have a great range of pantry staples & cater for all dietary restrictions…with great prices too!
Is there no WA options for a reason?
I’m also looking for WA suppliers…
Author
Hi Penelope, this blog was a result of a survey I sent out to my database, which means that I didn’t have anyone from your state! If you have any suggestions to add, please comment on the post and we will add them as this will be regularly updated 🙂
I’ll send in a fabulous list for SA too, so we can share in the sharing 🙂
Author
Thanks so much Megan x
Raven’s Creek Farm on the Surfcoast in Victoria is a regenerative farm producing free range pork and eggs.
WA seems to be missing here. As I’m in Perth and would LOVE to find more organic farm direct produce please could our WA producers give us some love on this list? Thanks!
Author
Hi Jacki, the suggestions provided here were based on a survey I sent out, which means that the majority of my database is over this side! However, this is an evolving post, so if you have some gems to add to the list please comment and we will add them 🙂
A fantastic one to add to the NSW list of ‘Fruits, vegetables, and other fresh produce’ is Warrah Biodynamic Farm in Sydney. It is a social enterprise that employs people with disabilities to help farm and prepare fresh biodynamic and organic fruit and vegetable boxes.
Down to Eartn produce from Oberon NSW grass fed beef and lamb