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This month’s Wingham Farmers’ Market feature producers are Les Mulder and Annette Owen-Mulder of The Edible Forest. Les and Annette have a 140 acre property at Wherrol Flat which they manage sustainably using principles from permaculture and others such as holistic management. This year for the first time, savvy locals will be enjoying Les and Annette’s ham on Christmas day, as their pork products have been a new enterprise in 2016. Their free range, pasture raised pork stands out for both flavour and texture. The meat is darker and moister and has great intramuscular fat layers. What this means is that you can slow cook it without it drying out. It doesn’t even look like shop bought pork. They do a range of cuts, including Christmas ham and everyone’s favourite, bacon. Les and Annette believe that the difference is raising them as ethically as they possibly can, for their whole life. ”They have sun, trees, wallows, grass, covering, plenty of food - everything they need to be a pig” says Annette. The pigs are fed on whey from Comboyne Culture cheese; veggie scraps from their garden, Granty’s and Town Head; and pig nuts from the produce store. Les and Annette also go the extra mile to ensure the pigs have no stress. This includes driving them themselves to Frederickton abattoir in a trailer loaded with pig food. They chose this abattoir because handling of the pigs there is the most humane they’ve seen. They have a Wessex saddleback boar, “as placid as all get out”; and four breeding sows. There is Brunhilda, a Berkshire x large white; Esmerelda and Bludwin, Wessex Saddleback x large white x Berkshire; and Ladybird, a Duroc. They allocate the pigs different areas. They move about every few months - once they’ve bred they need to stay put until the piglets have weaned, which is about three months. Any time from six months they are driven to the abattoir. Annette also has her preserves available including jams, pickles, chutney, relish; all made with chemical free local and home grown fruit and veg, “and love - the essential ingredient” adds Annette. They are the perfect accompaniment for the pork! In the Wingham Chronicle
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Kung Po Pork

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Kung Po Pork

Les Mulder1st of August, 20188th of June, 2022

This is one of our long time favourite recipes. Kung Po Pork also works amazingly well with chicken or beef…

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Keyline Tilling

Les Mulder29th of January, 20178th of June, 2022

One of our most successful techniques for improving the soil has been Keyline Tilling, as proposed by P. A. Yeomans…

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Annette Owen-Mulder10th of January, 20178th of June, 2022

Daniel comes from Herefordshire in the UK. He was with us for Christmas which we celebrated with our friends Felicity…

Milk fed beef – the best!
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Milk fed beef – the best!

Les Mulder29th of December, 20168th of June, 2022

Occasionally, we have beef raised by our house cows, Poppy and Honey (Sweet Pea has retired from breeding and now…

Veggies from our garden
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Veggies from our garden

Les Mulder29th of December, 20168th of June, 2022

We grow a wide variety of veggies at The Edible Forest. Whenever we have a surplus, we’ll have veggies available…

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