The Organic Market and Café

Apple Juice - Cloudy 2l

No longer available

Description

Our cloudy organic juice is available seasonally, from March until about September. Our clear organic juice is usually available year round.

About Kalangadoo Juice

About Us Chris and Michelle McColl have a background in Agricultural Science and around 30 years experience in horticulture from Central Australia to the Middle East to South Eastern Australia. Our four children are all at University in Adelaide. They have planted, pruned thinned, picked, packed, delivered and sold the fruit. At present Hugh does the deliveries and Phoebe and Hugh attend the Adelaide Showgrounds Farmers Market. Why grow organic food for local people? We began growing apples "conventionally" fourteen years ago, selling through a wholesaler to the major supermarkets. Two things became obvious to us : firstly, the more orchardists sprayed, the more they had to spray. And secondly, growers faced all the risks, and yet received only about 10% of the retail value of fruit sold through the supermarkets. It seems to us that too many growers are on a treadmill, with the chemical companies and major supermarkets in control, with both growers and consumers losing out. So in 2002 we jumped off the treadmill by converting to "organic" and by changing the way we marketed our fruit. Our aim is to produce for our community the most nutritious and best tasting fruit and processed fruit products possible, and by doing so, hope that our community will support us so that we can make a reasonable living. Where is Kalangadoo Organic? Kalangadoo is a small farming community only 35 km from the edge of the Southern Ocean, about halfway between Adelaide and Melbourne. The Kalangadoo district's highly productive grazing land is used for prime lamb, beef, and dairy production. Forestry, potatoes, apples and cropping are also important local industries. The Coonawarra wine district is located nearby. Why a frog on the apple? The Brown Tree Frog (Litoria ewingi) depicted in our logo is common in the Kalangadoo district, breeding in the swamps in late winter and spring. These frogs are frequently found hiding amongst the foliage and clusters of fruit in our orchard during summer and autumn. Frogs are recognised indicators of environmental health, and their presence confirms the health of the ecosystem in our orchard.