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Earnscleugh Orchards Cooperative
#121 Eat - Delicious dried fruit from Earnscleugh Orchards Cooperative in Central Otago. Stan and his wife Daphne have a 30 acre block on...
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Papanui Inlet Cockles
#111 Do - collect cockles on a perfect blue sky morning. I had visions of a bucket of cockles (no more than 150 of course) to make a big...
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Blueskin Bay Honey
#75 Buy - Blueskin Bay Honey. I met the friendly owner, David Milne, at the Otago Farmers Market. Along with honey, they sell manuka...
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Mrs Jones' Apples
#73 Eat - local apples! I bought a giant bag of Red Braeburn apples from Mrs Jones' Fruit Stall near Cromwell last week. Mrs Jones opened...
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Windy Ridge Farm Milk
#72 Buy - full cream milk by Windy Ridge Farm. Creamy fresh deliciousness from a farm on the outskirts of Benhar in the Clutha District....
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Harbour Fish
#66 Eat - a little rustic but totally delicious home made fish burgers, a favourite dinner using fresh fish from Harbour Fish in Dunedin....
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So Sweet Southland Carrots
#44 Eat - Supporting local is as simple as spotting some Southland grown carrots in the supermarket. Owner of Invercargill based Southern...
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Ettrick Gardens at the market
#28 Eat - local produce! Today I picked up some fresh fruit, vegetables and walnuts from the Ettrick Gardens stall at the Otago Farmers...
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Bluff oysters in Bluff
#26 Eat - Bluff oysters in Bluff. I popped into Fowler Oysters and picked up some deliciously fresh oysters - Walter and Marjorie Fowler...
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Right from my back garden
#9 Eat/Buy - these amazingly sweet strawberries picked today came from as far as my back doorstep. The incredibly helpful staff at...