They say necessity is the mother of invention, a concept Pip and Skeet Lawson of Pinnaroo Farms in South Australia are on board with after a series of unforeseen challenges led them to develop an innovative new product which has become a remarkable commercial success. In this next episode of our special South Australia series, Pip chats to Lucy & Tawnya about their focus on regenerative farming practices to grow highly nutritious wheat, barley and lentil crops, and recounts how they developed their sprouted red lentil flour - a gluten free, protein rich and versatile flour that is taking the cooking world by storm. 

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In the next episode of our South Australia special series, Tawnya and Lucy chat to Roberto Cardone, a well-known restaurateur & entrepreneur and one of the partners behind Cucina Classica. Raised by Italian immigrants, Roberto is best known for creating the award-winning Italian restaurant brand, Cibo. Now, taking his experience and entrepreneurial skills as a restaurateur he has partnered with a chef from Southern Italy, an artisan pastry chef, a barista and master coffee roaster to create Cucina Classica, a high quality food range of authentic, artisan Italian ready meals, sauces, bakery and coffee products taking South Australia by storm. 

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In the second of our special South Australian series, Tawnya & Lucy chat to Rebecca Paris, the founder and managing director of the Australian Native Food Co. Rebecca is on a mission to make a difference by creating unique, flavoursome and nutritious foods using Australian native ingredients, whilst supporting local Indigenous communities through employment, training and career pathways. Rebecca’s goal is to redefine the perception of Australian cuisine both nationally and globally, and in doing so define a unique Australian culinary identity. 

 

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In the first of our South Australia special series we chat to Lucy Dodd, a fourth generation farmer who has returned to the family farm on the Limestone Coast of South Australia. Bringing her passion for creating and sustaining regional communities through sustainable agriculture and connecting consumers with farmers, Lucy has taken on the the challenge of creating a new family business brand - Lowan Park Produce - to sell their high quality, pasture raised chickens grown on their farm to butchers, local restaurants and direct to consumers. With a focus on valuing the whole animal, Lucy uses every part of them that she can to minimise food waste. Starting the business hasn’t been without its challenges, but Lucy’s hard work and perseverance has paid off and supplying Melbourne is now on the horizon!

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Farmer’s Footprint Australia launched in Byron Bay, NSW last month. Tawnya and Lucy caught up with Blair Beattie, Executive Director of Australia’s chapter, to find out more about this national not-for-profit organisation’s vision of telling the stories of Australian farmers working towards and transitioning into regenerative farming principles. The Farmer’s Footprint initiative is part of a global mission towards working collaboratively with people from all walks of life to unite, inspire and accelerate the movement towards regenerative agriculture as a means to restore soil, human, and planetary health. 

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It’s not every day a never before seen ingredient hits the chef’s food option palette but that’s precisely what Glenn Dibbin and the Leeuwin Coast have brought to market in 2022.

Join Lucy and Tawnya as they go straight to the source with long time shellfish farmer Glenn to find out about the extraordinary Akoya, a sustainable new shellfish which he and partners Leeuwin Coast hope will change not only the food we eat, but how that food is produced. The Akoya is unique to the Albany coastline of Western Australia and has evolved from pearl cultivation to food. It will be introduced to Sydney chefs this week through a series of exclusive masterclasses and there is much excitement about the myriad ways chefs might find to incorporate this unique ingredient into their culinary creativity.

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Join Lucy and Tawnya in conversation with chef Mishy Powell, founder of Naturally Sauced - her handmade sauce business.  She chats about her career in the kitchen travelling around the world, the challenges of developing an authentic product that is environmentally sustainable, and how the farmers’ market community and sourcing fresh ingredients are her driving forces.

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Join Tawnya and Lucy in conversation with Pip & Skeet Lawson from Pinnaroo Farms. Pip & Skeet grow, sprout & mill their own grain to create nutritious flours. But that wasn’t always the case - through a series of challenges Pip & Skeet turned adversity into an opportunity inspired by the ancient art of sprouting.

 

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Join Lucy and Tawnya in conversation with Mark Henry, mechanical engineer and the entrepreneurial founder of Solidteknics, Australia’s ONLY manufacturer of cookware. Mark shares his journey from uni student to creating two global brands, Furi Knives and Solidteknics, driven not by monetary goals but by his desire to leave behind a design-legacy. 

 

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Join Lucy and Tawnya in conversation with Matt Stone and Jo Barrett, two chefs challenging the status quo in a quest to unravel the big question around living and eating more sustainably. We chat to them about living in Future Food System, a self-sustaining, zero waste house in Federation Square, Melbourne; how it changed their perspective of the potential for each and every one of us to live more sustainably; and, what’s next.  

 

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