WE EAT LOCAL | We asked you who in your local community are now offering home-delivery.

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Keep tagging @eatwelltasmania in posts from your local grocers and producers to let us know who you are supporting - and we’ll continue to share with our community.

We are using #WeEatLocal to show our support for local business.

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Rain hail or shine #weeatlocal #vegitup

What is everyone doing on a wet rainy day, watch vid this is my day, a day in the life of a vegetable farmer.

Another quick and easy Autumn recipe - courtesy of Deliciously Ella

Repost from Deliciously Ella
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Making magic with a tin of sweetcorn 🙏🏼🌱 If anyone is looking at their store cupboard ingredients and thinking 🤔 then I hope we can keep giving you some inspiration. Let me know if it’s helpful 🙋🏻‍♀️ Serves 2:
* X2 200g cans sweetcorn, drained
* Dash of almond milk (or oat milk)
* 1 onion, peeled and chopped
* 3 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped
* 2 carrots (or sweet potatoes), peeled and cut into very small pieces
* 3 teaspoons harissa paste
* 1 vegetable stock cube, mixed with 400ml boiling water
* 1 teaspoon paprika * Olive oil
* Salt

Place a pan over a medium heat and add a drizzle of olive oil. Once warm, add the onions, garlic, carrots (or sweet potatoes) and a pinch of salt, and cook for 10 minutes until soft.
Once soft, add the drained sweetcorn and paprika and cook for a further 2 minutes, before adding the harissa paste and stock. Bring to the boil, before reducing to a simmer - leave to cook for 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes, add all of the soup ingredients into a blender or food processor and pulse until smooth - you may want to add a dash of almond milk until you reach the consistency you like best.

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Peter Cundall's year-round planting and sowing guide for vegetables is a great place to start if you're thinking about growing your own produce - link below.

Link to article: https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/07/07/2296755.htm

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Many vegetables and herbs from the grocery store will regrow easily in water or in soil. You can regrow fresh greens on a window sill indoors, or get a jump start on your herb and vegetable garden by regrowing kitchen scraps.

Link to Article: https://bit.ly/2wxKEgG

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WE EAT LOCAL | Here’s how to support Tasmanian businesses that need your help right now — without risking your health #WeEatLocal.

1. SHOP LOCAL
Now more than ever, we need to ‘think local’ when we shop. We are lucky that in Tasmania we have great diversity and quality of seasonal produce. There’s no excuse not to shop locally for your fruit, veg and other produce (not to mention that local fruit and veg is more likely to be fresher and tastier than imported produce).

2. GET IT DELIVERED
One of the biggest challenges facing our small businesses at the moment is the decline in foot traffic as we self-isolate to preserve our community’s health. But in the age of the internet, being cooped up in the house doesn’t mean you can’t still shop at your local butcher or grocer. Already, we are seeing businesses that previously didn’t offer delivery adapting to do so - to make sure Tasmainnan’s don’t miss out on local fresh produce.

3. KEEP SHOPPING AS USUAL
The best thing we can do for businesses right now is to keep showing up for them. Think about the restaurants, producers, grocers and butchers and all the little things that improve our quality of life and make our local area a great place to live. If we want those businesses to be there once we come through the other side, we need to continue to support them.

4. SHARE THE LOVE
Let’s celebrate the people who make up such an essential and meaningful part of our local communities. Ways you can share the love for local business is to write a great review online, share, re-post, tag and like their business page on social media. Give your favourite local business, a shout-out online!

We are using #WeEatLocal to show our support for local business - tag @eatwellasmania and use #WeEatLocal to let us know the local businesses you are supporting.

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So many awesome people across Tasmania achieving great things. The comments under this announcement tell us everything we need to know about how important eating fresh local produce is to Tasmanians right now. Congrats to the market for being adaptable Banjo's New Norfolk Market #weeatlocal #eatwelltasmania ... See more

⚠️ Essential Services Announcement ⚠️

It has come to my attention that many members of our community still need to access fresh fish, veggies, fruit and bread etc on a Saturday as they did prior to the suspension of the Banjo’s New Norfolk Market due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. I have a solution which is in line with Government advice, and will immensely help support our local farmers at this challenging time and at NO charge to sell! This is purely a VOLUNTARY initiative from me, and will assist in ensuring members of our community have a safe place to shop for essential food items in a fresh outdoor environment.

From this SATURDAY, March 28 a small number of wonderful producers will be in High Street (between Charles and Stephen St) from 8am-12pm selling their fresh fruit, veg, seafood and local produce. I will be overseeing and enforcing social distancing, and have organised a layout which complies with government regulations. If you wish to take up this opportunity to shop I will need you to abide by the following please:
Single shoppers only (no groups except carers),
No gathering, simply shop and then head home,
You must sanitise,
Maintain social distancing of 1.5 metres,
If you touch produce you must purchase,
and most importantly if you are sick do NOT come.

Whilst our regular market continues NOT to operate and it is NOT business as usual, I am satisfied that I am able to bring you this ‘community service’. I look forward to the day we are back up and running again, and our world is free of this Novel Virus. Stay safe and kind to one another 💙

Jessica Cosgrove ~ Market Operator
For reference: https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-20/coronavirus-farmers-markets-social-distancing/12072678?pfmredir=sm ... See more

So many of us are trying to keep stocks of food in the house and by the looks of the canned food aisle, we're guessing you're now faced with a pantry abundant with tinned tuna and beans - here's how to make them taste delicious...

Image & recipies from FoodieCrush
Article Link: https://bit.ly/2WGslAh ... See more

Canned beans are cheap, easy, fuss-free, and filling, and their versatility makes them an awesome standby for tacos, salads, soups, enchiladas, and more.

Tips from our much loved Tino. Things to plant in your veggie patch. #growyourown #vegitup https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-22/covid-19-finding-peace-and-produce-in-your-garden/12066204?pfmredir=sm ... See more

If your spending more time at home lately, Gardening Australia's Tino Carnevale suggests you get planting.

Another new veggie box option. Complete drive through service in central #Hobart Check it out. #eatwelltasmania #supportlocal

WHEN A COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER
Thank you Hobart for your amazing support. In times like this it’s makes us proud to be Tasmanian. Our crew here at Best Fresh are packing our couples and family boxes ready to go. Get onboard and send us an email order for a family box ($59.95) or a couples box ($49.95) bestfresh145@gmail.com ... See more