Beechworth has a famous bakery. But in this small NE town there's another, less famous and much smaller bakery called Silver Creek Sourdough. Louise Ritchie is a local artisan baker making great bread, pizza bases and crumpets. Her bread has gained a real following and some of her goods are being sent far and wide. This short episode introduces us …

Goldfields Greengrocer has been a Beechworth institution for decades. Family-owned and community-oriented, this small greengrocer adds value all along the local food chain. In this episode I talk to owner Kathleen Stackpole about her business.

Wine is frequently celebrated and understood for its connection to landscape. It reveals time, place, landscape and maker. Beechworth is regarded as one of Australia's premier wine regions. One of the smallest wine denominations in the country, its premium wines are almost entirely estate-crafted and bottled from hand-picked fruit. With a second ge…

Keith Nightingale has been growing apples for 68 years. From 20 acres in Doncaster he and his brother stepped up to 100 acres at Wandiligong in Victoria's alpine North East. Since then they've expanded their Wandiligong orchard to almost 170 acres with more trees in the nearby Buckland Valley, Stanley and Batlow in NSW. Keith is not shy of investin…

Charlie Showers and Jade Miles eat a lot of apples. As heritage apple growers in Stanley, you might say apples have completely bitten them. Like me, they've watched apple orchards being torn out and felt more than a vague, passing sense of sadness. Astute, clever and hard-working, they've thought it through and felt the need to take a stand. Inspir…

Henry Hilton from Snowline Fruits is the last full time, career apple orchardist in Stanley. He's regarded by many in the industry as one of the best apple orchardists in Australia, with a clear insight into what apples grow best and how to grow them using the latest techniques.

Rob Tully is a fifth-generation apple orchardist and also the last. Three generations of Tullys grew apples in Doncaster, now suburban Melbourne. In 1955 Rob's father shifted operations to Beechworth and Rob eventually took over their sizeable orchard, producing premium apples for the local and export markets until 2016. Now all that remains is a 6…

The Thompson family grew apples near Stanley for most of the twentieth century. Retired orchardist Giff Thompson recounts that his grandfather and father saw the end of gold mining and the expansion of Stanley's pine forests. At the same time, the Thompsons' orchard grew from just a few hectares in 1900 to almost 50 hectares when sold in the last 1…

Peter Chambeyron's family has grown apples in the small horticultural community of Stanley for almost a century. He's tranformed Europa Gully Orchard as a pick-your-own business offering a variety of heirloom apples, cherries and - from 2021 - potatoes. Peter tells me stories of Stanley's rich apple-growing heritage and some of the old varieties th…

Once prolific around Beechworth-Stanley, apple orchards have been disappearing from the landscape over decades. Andy Christesen is the last commercial apple orchardist in Beechworth and fortunately for us still producing table fruit and his delicious clear and cloudy apple juice on site. I spoke to Andy about apples, apple growing and the future.…

Now closed, Lauren Salathiel and Chris McGorlick ran their cafe Saint Monday as a 'third place' in Yackandandah, where community culture - both arts and food - flourished. They tell me about their passion for community through food and their latest venture, a market garden for hyper-local Yackandandah food called Happy Underground.…

Beechworth's Joan Simms OAM discusses home economics with me, how it was taught via the New South Wales' government's agriculture and education portfolios and provided pathways to leadership for young people through the 20th century.

Ada and Pat Mickan talk with me about their certified biodynamic Beechworth Natural Farm where they produce fresh vegetables for the local market.

Jack Herry grows fresh vegetables for the local market on rich soil in North Wangaratta. Herry's Harvest is a passion and a life purpose for Jack.

Matt Grogan, a Staghorn Flat market gardener and Beechworth lawyer, discusses the challenges of growing food in a region of high valuable land.

More North East Victorian and border community residents suffer food insecurity. The bushfires of summer 2020 changed the way our region's food relief agency went about its business. Now COVID-19 has had its own impact. FoodShare chief executive Peter Matthews talks with unpeeled.press about the implications.…

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