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| Aug 22nd, 2010 (Sun) |
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Farm Walks With Mudgee Fine Foods
If you’ve ever wondered exactly what ‘free range’ means, wanted to get in touch with the seasons, or show your children exactly where theircomes from, come on a Farm Walk with Mudgee Fine Foods.
TOP SHED OLIVES - 9.00 am
Iain and Cath originally planted their olive grove in 2000, entirely with oil olives. Starting in 2004, they developed a table olive operation which has resulted in substantial replanting of their olive grove with table varieties. The olive trees will be in bud in mid-October; they flower in this district in mid-late November, and the fruit ripens in April/May.
Olives cannot be eaten straight from the tree, as they contain a bitter compound which must be removed to make the fruit palatable. Traditional methods, used here, can take several months.
Iain and Cath bottle 3 varieties of whole olives, (Kalamata, Manzanilla and Frantoio), prepare marinated olives, and also produce a tapenade (a savoury olive paste), a Moroccan style olive paste flavoured with a North African spice mix, and a jam made with Kalamata olives, (Kalamata Konserve), which is in many ways comparable to cranberry sauce, and also combines well with blue cheese! They also produce extra virgin olive oil.
On your visit, you will be able to try all these olive products, and talk to Iain and Cath about olives and olive growing, and what to look for in olive products.
MUDGEE GOURMET HAZELNUTS - 10.30 am
The Coxes have their own hazelnut orchard but their main focus has been on breeding young plants (known as whips) from mother trees and selling them to growers mainly in the local region. It takes three to four years for trees to mature and start bearing a commercial crop. The Coxes then buy back the nuts, which they sell to a growing list of customers, from restaurants including Bistro Moncur to a biscuit maker in Perth, even as far away as the US.
In partnership with her husband, Clem, she propagates and grows the impressively named Tokolyi Brownfield Cosford (known as the TBC) hazelnut variety for their business Mudgee Gourmet Hazelnuts.
ORMISTON FREE RANGE PORK - 12 noon
Join us for a farm tour of a truly free range pig farm in the hills of Mudgee.
James and Georgie Caspar and their young family run a herd of Berkshire and Berkshire cross pigs on a rotational paddock system on their farm “Ormiston”. They farm under the three ideals of Compassion, Quality and Taste. All the pigs are outside for their whole lives, from the young piglets born in wooden huts in the paddocks to the growers running about in their shady woodlands. During the walk you will see how the farm structure enables the best welfare for the pigs, enjoy a walk through our lovely bushland where you can say hello to kangaroos and other wildlife and of course, meet lots of pigs.
TICKETS: $10/PERSON OR $20/FAMILY
Tours start at each farm at the designated time and participants need to get themselves to and from each farm in their own transport. Please wear covered shoes, don’t take any pets, and be prepared to learn, enjoy yourself and get some dirt on you!
TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED PRIOR TO TOURS at the Mudgee Visitors Centre, Market Street Mudgee. More details on each farm are available on the website.
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