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Mar 21 2022

Two Northern Rivers chefs raise over $170,000 and deliver over 200,000 meals to communities cut off by floods.

The Northern Rivers community answered the calls from open fire chef Pip Sumbak of Pip’s Plate and Wal Foster of Natural Ice-cream Australia, and came together to cook and feed those who lost everything from the floods.   Nearly every restaurant and chef in the Northern Rivers contributed their time and energy to the cause, including Three Blue Ducks, Bread Social, Bay Leaf, Fleet, Eltham Hotel, Paper Daisy, Frida’s Field, Barrio Eatery & Bar, The Diner Lennox, Harvest Newrybar, Salumi Australia, Lightyears and many more.   Byron was flooding and there were rumours that...

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Feb 16 2022

Member Profile – Frida’s Field

Frida's Field is a paddock-to-plate eatery set on a 120 acre farm just 10 minutes from Bangalow in the Byron Bay Hinterland. It’s owned and operated by Edward Rawlings and Jeanie Wylie, who live on-site with their three young children. Their three long lunches per week are carefully curated by award- winning chef Alastair Waddell to celebrate the seasons, their ecological farming practices, and the amazing produce of the Northern Rivers region. Rawlings and Wylie are striving to transform their property from a blank canvas into a productive farm using regenerative farming...

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Feb 15 2022

Harvest Food Trail 2022

Northern Rivers Food are pleased to present the Harvest Food Trail – a very special self-drive experience over the weekend of May 7-8 2022. Part of enjoying the food is knowing the story…understanding where your food was grown, the regenerative methods the farmer used to produce your food, the people behind the brands and their unique stories.  Our Harvest Food Trail offers a chance to meet with our farmers, producers, growers, distillers and chefs to celebrate all the Northern Rivers food & beverage industry has to offer. Jump in your car and...

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Jan 21 2022

NRF Welcomes our new Chair: Mark Napper

Mark Napper is a Business Advisor with a reputation for being a business value builder. He has worked in many senior leadership roles including Managing Director for the Australian Horticulture Corporation and CEO for Windsor Farm Foods. He has also run his own fruit orchard in Bangalow.     Armed with 30+ years of experience and passionate about giving back to the business community, Mark founded his business advisory firm in 2012. He particularly enjoys helping clients in the food and beverage, horticulture, agriculture and manufacturing industries develop the necessary strategies, systems and...

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Jan 13 2022

Harvest Food Trail – Something to look forward to in 2022

Northern Rivers Food (NRF) are pleased to announce that their annual Harvest Food Trail will be on again in 2022 offering another great self-drive food discovery Trail across the Northern Rivers NSW region over the weekend 7-8 May. There are currently 35+ exceptional local food & beverage businesses signed on to participate in the event this year (a big increase from previous years), focusing on connecting you with real farm-gate experiences as well as local distillery tastings, tours, indigenous food walks, classes, demonstrations, three-course sit down dining and more from the region’s...

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