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Our Sustainable Choices

Hello, we’re the Paechs. Our family has been farming this land in the Adelaide Hills for almost 200 years.

We’re proud to continue this long tradition of land stewardship and food craftsmanship. And we love sharing a taste of the country life with everyone who enjoys our products or visits our farm for strawberry picking.

That’s why we plan to keep doing it for another 200 years (or more!). And that’s why looking after this precious land and making sustainable choices is so important to us – so that we’ll be here for many generations to come.

Farm. Family. Forever.™

We harvest and conserve our precious Adelaide Hills rainwater, ensuring no drop is wasted. 10% of the water used in manufacturing comes from collected rainwater.

All of our retail packaging is made using recycled materials and every glass jar, lid and carton can be recycled by you too.

We’re officially classified as a ‘large scale solar farm’ and we capture as much sunshine goodness as we can. 21% of the electricity used comes from the sun.

Our architecturally designed facility has been designed to best utilise natural light. The farm uses energy-efficient technologies including sensor and daylight harvest lighting and LEDs, all supplied via a hybrid energy system.

Across our farm and offices, we recycle cardboard, wooden pallets, paper, plastic and clean glass. Diverting 30% of our waste stream from landfill.

We minimise the use of pesticides by using beneficial insects to help with things like pollination and pest control.

We protect and enrich our soil by rotating crops in a four-year cycle.

We buy local. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with long supply chains.

We use ‘wonky fruit’ reducing food waste.

We segregate our organic waste, which is collected and composted. Last year we diverted 53 tonnes from landfill.

You don’t need to be a Paech to be part of the family.
We love and care for every one of our people (and our customers).