Join Jill and Nick as they take you behind the scenes to see where your food actually comes from!

Wow time flies and already we have started our "Summer holiday tours". This time last year Nicole Kidman and Keith joined us but we can't guarantee that again I'm afraid! Was just a lovely surprise.
We kick the tours for the year last Friday when a large family asked for a Family Farm Tour - and it just reminded me how much fun it is. Colin does a great job and has loads of animals - and he is happy to run tours on request if he is around.
Bookings are coming in for the Family Farm Tour this Friday 10 Jan at Alan's farm and the Berry Picking Tour this Saturday 11 Jan. These will both be fun and are repeated the following weekend. Alan has a different range of animals and activities and has been running tours for us for a few years now - so you could visit both farms and have a different experience at each.

Check the website for details and contact us if you would like to join us - www.foodpath.com.au, e: info@foodpath.com.au, m: 0419 617 021

There are only about 8 days left of the chestnut season in the Southern Highlands for this year and I have learnt a lot. It has been fun taking more and more people on this unusual tour. I was not very experienced in handling or using chestnuts before - but after three tours and many kilos I know a lot more now :)
I find boiling them for about 10 mins and then peeling them using a small sharp knife is the easiest. There are two layers to remove during peeling - the outer thick covering and then an inner skin. Quite laborious - I am wondering how Biota Dining went with the 6 kilos we gathered for them!!
The flavour is buttery and sweetish and the texture crumbly and a bit like potato. We downloaded masses of recipes from "the net"- but so far I have used them for crumbling on cereal or putting in salads - as you would other nuts. Am planning to try a chestnut soup and using them in seasoning - yum!
We have had a few children come along this year and they had fun. Six year old Zoe has a husk carefully wrapped ready to take to school for show and tell. I love it when the kids learn where food comes from - that is, to some extent, what we are all about!

How cute is the little book of letters that was launched last night in Bowral.

The letters were written by a chook - Isobel, the CEO of the hen house at Berrima Ridge a free range egg farm outside Berrima.

Anne is Grandma and she helps with the stories which appear in every dozen eggs that are sold. Rather like a journal - giving the reader an insight into life on the farm. What a great idea! I love the social commentary, the wise words and the humour that creep in from time to time - and what a good way to educate the public about life on a farm.


We are having another Family Farm Day in the Spring school holidays and will be visiting Berrima Ridge. Bring your family along and share the fun! This time we will have a professional photographer with us. You may like to take advantage of the opportunity. If so I will give you her contact details and you can speak directly to her. Extra cost for photos of course.