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Well, what a lot of good news we have this issue. It's nice to be back and we hope you enjoy reading a little of what's happening at Mountain View.
Contents Farm - New Property for Mountain View Chef of the Month - Patrizia Simone New Product - Chestnut Puree Chestnut Industry Strategic Plan
Farm - New Property for Mountain View Our big news on the farm front is the purchase of another chestnut property very close to our home property in Eurobin in North East Victoria. The new block was previously owned by one of our main suppliers of fresh nuts for our frozen peeled product. During the last season they told us they were planning to sell the property and offered it to us. We didn't have to think twice - it's a beautiful piece of land, right on the Great Alpine Road and just 3 kilometres from home. It has 1000 trees, all fully irrigated, and a production of around 25 tonne. This together with our home block will mean a total production of over 30 tonne. Brian has been busy over the past four weeks winter pruning and mulching and it's looking a treat. From next April, we'll be offering full farm gate sales but more on that closer to the time.
Chef of the Month Our inaugural Chef of the month is Patrizia Simone of Simone's in Bright. When we produced our first frozen peeled chestnuts in 1999, Patrizia was our very first customer. In true Italian style, she insisted on paying me cash immediately and I still have the money in an envelope tacked to the pinboard in my office! We have become good personal friends over the years and some of my most memorable 'restaurant' meals have been at Simone's when they have actually been closed and we have had dinner with Patrizia, her lovely husband George and friends. Patrizia decided to use Chestnut Flour in her recipe- Twice Baked Chestnut Souffle. We import organic chestnut flour from Corsica and this is available by mail order. For Patrizia's recipe, please click here. We have some great chef's lined up for the coming year including Maggie Beer, Stefano Manfredi, John Lepp from the European in Melbourne and Michael Ryan from Wardens in Beechworth so please do check the site from time to time..
New Product - Chestnut Puree We've been thinking about doing this for quite a while and have finally decided to take the plunge. Local North East chef and good friend, Michael Ryan, developed the puree for us and we are so pleased with the results that we have decided to produce it in larger commercial quantities. We're starting with a sweetened puree but do hope to have an unsweetened one available soon. The sweetened puree will be available from October in selected Melbourne and Sydney retail outlets and due to it being shelf stable, we can also supply it via our mail order service, even to our international customers. Further information will be on the order page on the website soon.
Chestnut Industry Strategic Plan Strategic Planning is important for all industries and businesses and the current chestnut industry plan has expired. A meeting of chestnut industry stakeholders is being held in September to plan initiatives for the next three years. Attending the meeting will be supermarket representatives, wholesale agents, Horticulture Australia representatives, researchers, promotions and marketing people, growers, exporters and processors. The only way to get a whole of industry plan is to involve as many of the stakeholders as possible. Brian and I are both attending and we're looking forward to participating in the future direction of the industry.
Well, that's all for this issue. Hope those growers in the Northern Hemisphere are looking forward to a good harvest. Until next time... Jane
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