Riverland consumers have another option to access fresh vegetables as a cooperative from the Adelaide Hill expands into new terrain.
abc.net.au/news/adelaide-vegetable-consumption-cooperative-in-riverland/102740910When Britnie Hocking moved to South Australia's Riverland a decade ago she found it hard to access fresh vegetables, despite the region growing food and vegetables in abundance.It involves volunteers coming together to pack and deliver boxes of vegetables"I'm from the border of New South Wales and Victoria, where there was always fresh fruit and veggie markets," she said.
The mother of three said she has found that vegetables from major supermarkets did not last as long, and did not present as much value for money as market produce."They just seem to go floppy and sad pretty quick," Ms Hocking said.Ms Hocking has started ordering boxes of organic produce through a cooperative."As much as I love picking the vegetables myself, having all of it put into a box is just brilliant because it's really convenient," she said.
Ms Comley said she started selling produce boxes through her business about 15 years ago because of her own health issues."We predominantly grow our own food, but order some produce like bananas from interstate," Ms Comley said.
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