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Clean Eating Programs

Written by Michele Lyons on October 19, 2017. Posted in Farmers Markets, Health and Wellbeing. Leave a Comment

It seems these days that it doesn’t matter where you look there is a new eating program for you to try. We are bombarded with information about what to eat and it can be confusing and overwhelming when you are trying to do the right thing by your family. My personal thoughts are that as long as you are eating...

Plastic Free July – Keep on Keeping On!

Written by Michele Lyons on August 14, 2017. Posted in Farmers Markets, Health and Wellbeing. Leave a Comment

I’m sure you’ve all been inundated with Instagram photos, Facebook posts and Blog articles on Plastic Free July. Rightly so we say, as it’s a subject close to our hearts here at The Free Range Butcher. Our mission has always been to produce meat products that are ethical and sustainable. That’s not just a business...

How it All Started

Written by Ben Clinch on March 2, 2013. Posted in Farmers Markets, Farming and Agriculture, Grass Fed Meat. Leave a Comment

Our story begins 30 years ago when our family purchased a property at Barraba in North West, NSW. As kids we grew up in true country fashion; collecting our own eggs, weeding our own vegie garden, milking the cow, and producing our own meat. We thought nothing of how lucky we were to be eating such nutritious and tasty...

Pasture fed a cut above

Written by Alison Clinch on July 10, 2012. Posted in Animal Welfare, Farmers Markets, Farming and Agriculture, Grass Fed Meat, Miscellaneous. Leave a Comment

We were thrilled to be interviewed recently by Helen Greenwood from The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food supplement. You can see the original article here, or read it below: Ben Clinch, a former tiler who grew up on a farm, had an epiphany in a restaurant while eating a steak. ”I went out to dinner and ordered a...

About a Boy Called Sam

Written by Ben Clinch on April 16, 2012. Posted in Farmers Markets, Miscellaneous. Leave a Comment

It’s a Saturday morning late last year, November or December, I don’t quite remember. It was looking to be a great day, with the sun already streaming in. It’s about 8am at Orange Grove markets, and the place is already busy; people are everywhere. I’m out the front of our stall with a plate full of samples, and...

Food Temperature Danger Zone

Written by Alison Clinch on November 21, 2011. Posted in Cooking Tips, Farmers Markets, Free Range Poultry, Health and Wellbeing. Leave a Comment

With the start of summer just around the corner, we need to remember the importance of how we transport and store perishable goods, such as meat. There’s a saying in the food service industry: “Keep cold foods cold, and hot foods hot”. Bacteria thrive between 5°C and 60°C, a range of temperatures that’s...

The Great Milk Price War – Where Do You Stand?

Written by Ben Clinch on March 31, 2011. Posted in Farmers Markets, Farming and Agriculture, Health and Wellbeing. Leave a Comment

I have been watching with interest the great milk price war we have going on at the moment. I’m sure you are all across the story; generic brand milk is being sold below cost at $1.00 a litre. Aussies love a bargain so at $1.00 a litre we are stampeding the supermarkets, and driving right past the corner shop where...

Clean Eating Programs

Plastic Free July – Keep on Keeping On!

How it All Started

Pasture fed a cut above

About a Boy Called Sam

Food Temperature Danger Zone

The Great Milk Price War – Where Do You Stand?

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