Raspberries rescued from waste through Melbourne Farmers Markets’ new depot service
As a new product hits STREAT’s on the shelf range, we’re celebrating a year of our Open Sauce project, which aims to educate individuals and businesses on waste reduction, and turning waste into precious resources.
Thanks to the team at Melbourne Farmers Markets who were able to connect the STREAT kitchen with farmers who had an oversupply of raspberries at Woori Yallock Farm in the Yarra Valley. Through the recently launched MFM Depot service the producers were able to find a buyer for the raspberries they couldn’t otherwise sell, and the depot facilitated storing the raspberries for a day until they could be collected.
This has meant STREAT could create this beautiful product which will generate profit for their work with marginalised young people, all while saving the produce potentially going into the compost. Plus, we’ve heard this jam goes wonderfully with scones!
The MFM Depot offers the following services:
Cold and ambient storage in our purpose built Depot, providing short and long term solutions for your products.
Refrigerated & standard deliveries throughout Melbourne to your wholesale customers.
Collaborative coaching - business development & logistics strategy.
Freight receipt and collection from our Alphington HQ.
Access to the MFM commercial kitchen to trial or develop new food products or value-add items for your business.
If you're interested in finding out how the MFM Depot team can help you reach your business goals, please complete their expression of interest form.