It's important to us where our food comes from so we've come up with some simple guidelines to ensure our food is dirt(y).

We try and tick the right boxes for a whole heap of reasons when deciding if a product is dirt(y). Check out each box to see what makes us tick… 

single origin

not a bunch of different harvests from different years and places all mixed up. One region and one year per bag.

traceable

knowing who grew it and that it was grown responsibly with care.

sustainable

low footprint, natural farming, water wise, and in the case of legumes a natural nitrogen fix for the soil to benefit future cropping. 

wholefood

minimal processing; we don't unnecessarily refine, or process. Sure our dal is skinned and split, dah!....otherwise it wouldn't be a dal! And our hemp is hulled otherwise you wouldn't be able to eat it! But our overall aim is to get food to the table which is nutritionally complete and healthy. If you want to eat "numbers" swallow a calculator.

farmers; we're supporting them

these guys and girls built the country, they've fed us for a couple of hundred years and our Australian dirt has made us the lucky country. They deserve to be supported and paid top prices. It's not just an issue of fairness but of food security; if we don't pay "fair" for food then quite simply our local food bowls and farming communities will disappear.

low food miles

minimal distance from farm gate to you. Our foods are grown and processed in Australia. We do not print boxes, labels and cartons offshore, and all our packing is done locally which not only helps Australia's "bottom line" but also lowers Co2 outputs.

artisan methods

hey - farmers are artisans too! Those old ways handed down from generation to generation of traditional, hands-on farming methods that grow minimal-process foods with nutrition are what makes some food better than others; but this sort of farming costs a little more.

small batch

you might find a dirt(y) product unavailable. Devastating for you but really, that's a good thing! We source only recently harvested crops and wherever possible from a single origin, but when it runs out...um, well it runs out! Food is not a tap, it's seasonal and finite and that's exactly why it is so valuable.

nutritious

food is fuel for your body. The more processing and interference it has the lower the value it has to your body. Despite minimal processing on some of the range, we’re still trying to get food to your kitchen bench that is nutritionally superior to stuff that has been stored or siloed for years and processed to within an inch of its life.