“you can’t buy happiness, but you can buy local and that’s kind of the same”
Food
We believe in sharing the love and shouting about our incredible producers and their stories from the rooftops! We have noted features of each Producer such as those who are Social Enterprises, donate part profits to Charitable Causes or cater for Dietary related issues
As an ex professional chef, I love to keep up with food trends and experiment with different flavours, and good food and nutrition will always be my passion. You can imagine my devastation when, in 2010, I was diagnosed as being Coeliac.
Slowly but surely their products have evolved, Basketcase is now a full-time business employing three people, covering many many dietary requirements such as vegan, GF, and DF with new products in development all the time.
Glazes and Marinades, Salad Dressings, Salts and Flavour Rubs, Sauces and Relishes. Their products are all created in small batches, commercially in Altona North. Combining and blending the finest of natural ingredients to create products that are of high quality; and are a perfect match with the amazing and diverse fresh produce that Australia has to offer.
Bretzel biz was born from a passion. A passion to re-create the traditional Bretzels from Germany and share them with a country where Bretzels were still relatively unknown.
There was only one way: to handcraft, handroll and twist each Bretzel individually using a team of Bretzel aficionados in a specialist bakery in the heart off Inner West Melbourne.
Servicing markets and large scale events pre-COVID, Bretzel biz turned to offering bake at home kits to take the traditional taste of Germany home.
They're always experimenting with new flavours, so if you’ve got a tasty idea, we’d love to hear from you!
Since 1999, we have been producing only the highest quality dips.
Our beautiful range of fresh, preservative free dips are gluten free, vegetarian and 100% natural.
We pride ourselves in making food the way it should be: Clean and Beautiful.
100% natural products, perform 100% naturally in your kitchen. There are literally thousands of recipe ideas using flavoured yoghurts, from marinades, to sauces, to spreads and ingredients. Anything that uses Greek yoghurt or sour cream, add a Castlemaine Dip for an incredible twist.
Same goes with 100% natural dairy free range.
So why is everyone spoiling their dips by adding chemicals, gels and various 'Numbers' to them? Definitely no reason that has us end consumers in mind.
Eat Clean. It's worth it.
Bianca Luscombe, founder of Curiously Cauli, has lived with Type 1 Diabetes since early childhood. This shaped her broad knowledge of nutrition and the body, which led her to explore healthier alternatives to high carbohydrate foods. Coming from an Italian background, Bianca learned the craft and joy of cooking from her mother, mastering various recipes using fresh, natural ingredients. With generous amounts of Australian grown vegetables in her diet, she set out to create new recipes and discovered a ‘star’ vegetable in the process – cauliflower.
Our current vision is to run Curiously Cauli with a minimal environmental footprint and reduce the amount of vegetable wastage in Australia. Up to 40% of cauliflower crops may not reach the grocery store due to the supermarkets' high cosmetic standards and specifications. As a result, numerous cauliflowers are thrown away to landfill, ultimately affecting the environment/climate.
By using grade 2 cauliflowers and turning them into high quality/value vegan and GF food products, we can greatly reduce vegetable wastage. We are proud to stock our range of GF Cauli crackers in the Positive Feeds store.
Hello! I'm Harry, chef-owner of Chappy's Snacks.
From the moment I trialed the first batch of kettle-cooked chips back in 2018, all I wanted to do was make really good potato chips. I started in a food-truck with a little deep fryer, a wire skimmer and a great recipe. With loads of energy, mixed with some good old fashioned hard-yakka I started to chip away.
One thing I know for sure is that if I can make a good quality chip, using really great produce, with the help from happy staff, and support of the local community, the result is going to be a couple of happy chappies :)
I get such a kick out of making one of “life's simple pleasures”; however, none of it would be possible without my mini commercial chip factory which is located in Port Melbourne, Victoria. In march 2020 the Chappy's Snacks kitchen was built to make GF, vegetarian kettle-cooked potato chips in small batches all by hand. This was a big step forward for the brand, because today Chappy's can be found in over 20 local bottle shops, independent grocers and cafe/deli’s around Melbourne, including Positive Feeds.
food for change -
social enterprise
Our organisation is here to support Australians no matter their background or circumstances, ensuring that they receive the food relief that they deserve.
At Food For Change, our volunteers grow their own produce, lead food rescue initiatives, support food relief agencies and reduce food waste across the country. This is all done with one goal in mind: to alleviate food inequality, which devastates thousands of Australians each year.
Founded in 2016, Food For Change has made a positive impact on the lives of many. With the help of our volunteers, we are working towards a future where no person needs to go without food.
At Food For Change we value sustainability and fresh food. Grow your own food with our Seeds For Change Program, or sign up to our Monthly Fresh Food Box with all profits going towards feeding people in need.
Help change the lives of Australians.
Before having a family, Lynn was professionally engaged to promote Australian food ingredients to food manufacturers in Asia. This was a role that she relished because as a food scientist, she was communicating an Australian food story that she truly believed. She was proud of Australia’s high quality, pure food products, born out of such a clean, green environment.
So it was only natural when she became a mother that I developed a heightened sensitivity for the need for healthy, natural food. Whilst trying to find the right nutritious foods for her family, she realised that a rapidly increasing proportion of food products and ingredients are being sourced from overseas.
“The idea that the nourishing bounty produced by Australian farmers was being by-passed was the tipping point in inspiring me to take action. “ Hence, Get Farmed! the food brand with a mission was born, and is now based out of the Inner West of Melbourne.
Their mission is simple: Provide healthy, natural foods sourced locally with honesty, integrity and sustainability to support our Australian farmers. We are proud to our GF, vegetarian & vegan range in Positive Feeds.
Josh&Sue Gourmet Selection is created by a local Inner West family who established their range in 2013. “We came up with the idea to start a gluten free condiment and ingredients range after Josh was diagnosed as being gluten intolerant. We have replaced malt vinegars from more traditional recipes and ensured that our range is gluten free and along the way we have created a range of vegan friendly goodies.”
Fast forward a few years, Josh&Sue now creates a range of more than 25 GF, Vegan, or vegetarian gourmet condiments and ingredients. We send our gourmet foods nationally online to food lovers throughout Australia. We wholesale to Independent gourmet supermarkets and deli's around Australia. We work with some fantastic distributors across the country.
Just Sweets started off as a family of handmade chocolate lovers, making and perfecting handmade chocolates and fine sweets.
Their confectioneries and chocolates were shared, with chocoholics and sweet-tooths, locally in markets and at shows, such as Red Hill Market and Cherry Lake Market.
Their passion for making fine sweets grew, as did our customers’ demand, so they moved their inspired creations to a factory in Altona, Victoria in 2002, to develop unique treats, as well as sell old favourites. Just Sweets are fast becoming a local household name for quality confectionery products, as well as making our delicious treats available around the country.
Still a 100% family-owned business, master confectioners pride themselves on creating the finest hand made chocolates, wonderful confectioneries, and now, irresistible peanut butter as well.
Pre-COVID, Keeper & Co. were a thriving mobile bar and catering company servicing events from the westside of Melbourne all the way to the Otways.
The pandemic put a hold on any and all those events. We have always used our own handmade sauces, jams, chutneys and honey from our hives located across western Victoria in the food we serve, and they've always been a hit with our customers. So we decided we still needed to get these flavours out to people to add a bit of spice to people's days at home during lockdown.
Combining her passion for wellness and love of cooking, Jo Clarke decided to create a range of natural cookies that are wholesome yet delicious. Using only the highest quality ingredients and superfoods that were primarily organic, it was determined to prove that healthy didn’t have to mean tasteless.
As a sufferer of egg and dairy intolerances herself, Jo was committed to providing an alternate treat for people with food allergies. After countless hours in the kitchen, she came up with 4 unique mouth-watering recipes and started selling her cookies at the local Farmers Market where the response was overwhelming.
With a little help and inspiration from her family business Kookas Country Cookies, Kookas Natural Cookies was born. Proudly Australian owned, our guilt free gourmet treats are also 100% Australian made.
LIVING KOKO -
charitable cause
Living Koko are working towards creating markets for premium products that are cultivated in the Pacific Islands. They are currently working within Samoa and Papua New Guinea, seeking guidance in purchasing and networkings through Women in Business in Samoa. A values-led organisation, that supports the most vulnerable people in Samoa who need to develop sources of income to increase self-reliance and independence; with an understanding that Samoan development requires networking with communities government and other organisations in Samoa, the Pacific and internationally.
Living Koko are taking this knowledge to Papua New Guinea, which is definitely a new challenge for them. Through the journey of creating Living Koko they are combining their core teams knowledge of place, product, community needs and their love for organics to shape an organisation that is dedicated to supporting those in need. Community is important, indigenous peoples and ways of being is important, food sovereignty is important.
TREE TO BAR: SUSTAINABLE FARMING PRACTISES, INDIGENOUS CULTIVATION OF LANDS, ORGANIC, ALLERGY SAFE & VEGAN, HAND WRAPPED WITH ALOFA (LOVE).
mabu mabu -
charitable cause
A Torres Strait owned and run business with an emphasis on using fresh, seasonal and native ingredients to create beautiful dishes that bring people together. Mabu Mabu is a term from the Torres Strait that translates to 'help yourself.'Traditionally, a Mabu Mabu is a banquet, shared table or big family meal. It's how they like to enjoy food on the islands: surrounded by the people we love.
We're passionate about native ingredients, and use a variety of indigenous herbs, fruits, succulents and spices in all of the dishes. We want to help create a truly Australian cuisine by helping people to understand native flavours, and to use them in their every-day cooking.
Nornie Bero is the head chef and business owner. Originally from Mer Island in the Torres Strait, Nornie has been a professional chef for over 20 years. Her style of cooking is all about generosity and flavour. She has been creating dishes using native ingredients for much of her career, and is currently on a mission to make Indigenous herbs, spices, vegetables and fruits part of everyone's kitchen pantry.
If I could describe Maple Leaf Meats in a single word, it would be "Passionate". We are passionate about the food we create, the experiences we strive to achieve and the quality of our products. For one of the smallest food trucks in Melbourne’s Inner West, we pack a big lunch and we can serve hundreds of clients in a single session.
At Maple Leaf Meats we are all about creating amazing food experiences with Canadian flavours. All our products are made in-house with love and care.
We are about Low and Slow Smoked meats and providing Melbourne a unique experience. We have now produced a range of traditional Canadian seasonings and salts specifically for the passionate home cook and are proudly stocking at the Inner West providore store - Positive Feeds.
Our sauces and condiments were initially developed because I found there was no Low FODMAP, home made style sauces available in my local grocery store - i.e. premium products that were not full of gums and hidden nasties.
When I was diagnosed with Fructose Malabsorption + gluten intolerance my life took a turn! I was suddenly denied all the flavour enhancing ingredients I had used on a daily basis, GARLIC + ONION being at the top of my list.
All of my products are made from premium ingredients, made by hand and small batch produced. Lovingly made in Daylesford, Victoria. I try to use as many local and Australian products as possible.
San Elk is a small food manufacturing family business based in West Footscray, Melbourne. We specialise in producing premium quality handcrafted certified organic food products.
Food has always been an important part of our lives, growing up we remember waking up to the smell of our parents cooking. Our parents would get up early in the morning to prepare meals for the day and we couldn’t leave the house until each meal was finished.
We’ve always had a special connection with food and family, as it brings us together. Our European heritage has been very influential in our love of food, allowing us to experiment and create various meals and recipes to share with our family and friends.
We are passionate about cooking healthy and nutritious meals for our family and are conscious of the hidden chemicals in food products. As a result we wanted to create all natural stock made with fresh certified organic ingredients.
Springmount Fine Foods is Victoria's leading producer of award winning Australian Black Garlic, garlic sauces and vinaigrettes, cheese platter fruit pastes and of course our famous Fruit Pearls for Champagne and Prosecco.
At Springmount Fine Foods we create a range of delicious gourmet artisan products that are all carefully hand crafted in small batches. We grow nearly all of our main ingredients here on our property in Springmount, which is between Daylesford and Ballarat in Central Victoria, so that we can assure that the quality is the very best.
We are proud to have won multiple medals at the Australian Food Awards, the Royal Sydney Fine Food Show and the Royal Hobart Fine Food Show over the past 4 years and the future is only going to get brighter.
Springhill Farm is a homestyle slice and biscuit producer located in Ballarat.
We are so proud to be an Australian owned and operated business, based right here in country Victoria. Every day, we feel lucky that we get to do what we do. We’re a passionate, friendly team who live to serve our customers and community… and we’ll always make time for slice.
We are fortunate to have a dedicated team that are passionate about slice – from our bakers, packers, warehouse crew and customer support team.
We’re here to spreading joy, one treat at a time. We believe life would be a little sweeter if we all took the time to sit down for tea and treats each day. So, we’re giving people the little nudge they need to take a ‘me’ moment, smell the roses and enjoy a slice as often as they can.
We believe there is joy to be found in everyday moments. And we make a habit of finding it, every single day. We enjoy work, we enjoy treats and we enjoy life! We want to be a force for good in the world and use our influence to make people’s lives better.
Sticky Balsamic hand-crafts Australia’s most awarded balsamic vinegar varieties, proudly hand-crafted in the Golden Plains shire in regional Victoria.
At Sticky Balsamic, our aim is to "make the everyday cook feel like a chef" which is easy to do using our multi-medal-winning, gourmet fruit-infused balsamic vinegar, designed to be used with almost everything to provide that extra special taste.
With humble beginnings only six years ago, our regional, family owned business independently created five varieties, which has now grown to include twelve varieties. We are thankful that many chefs use Sticky Balsamic in their restaurants and cafe's, and that retailers right across Australia choose to stock Sticky Balsamic in their stores.
Helen’s career began as a youngster having left university and needing a job. Her innate desire to work as a cook landed her at William Angliss College to hone her knife skills and give it a shot. From there she embarked on a journey to many kitchens and encounters with wonderful hospitality mentors. There were days at the David Jones Food Hall, mornings as a breakfast chef in Brunswick St, mastering Toad in the Hole to the applause of pub goers in England , and fond memories of working alongside Greg Brown of Browns Restaurant and Bakery fame, who inspired her with his relentless drive, passion and eye for detail.
Many lessons, scars and dishes later, Stir Crazy was born.
streat -
social enterprise
STREAT strives to create goodness in four key areas:
People – maximising our social footprint for young people, customers, stakeholders and staff.
Planet – minimising our environmental footprint.
Performance – a sustainable social enterprise leader running a portfolio of efficient, effective and innovative businesses.
Young people who belong and are thriving with a healthy self, home and job.
Youth homelessness and disadvantage are hard to swallow. That’s why STREAT works with others like you to stop it, one mouthful at a time. Together we offer disadvantaged youth aged 16-25 a supported pathway from the street to a sustainable livelihood.
StrEAT pantry products are proudly sold in the Positive Feeds store.
The Bakery Lab’s range of savoury crackers makes eating healthy easy and enjoyable.
Made with the finest Australian native ingredients, our handmade crackers are made with dairy free and gluten free ingredients. With a burst of flavour in each bite, they’re perfect for snacking, sharing or adding to your favourite meals.
Use in desserts, salad or with dip! With four native flavours to enjoy, we are sure you will find our range stocked at Positive Feeds a delicious healthy snack alternative.
TWO LITTLE TARTS lovingly makes a range of gourmet artisan sweets which are delicately packaged and topped with a standout luxury label.
TWO LITTLE TARTS is Melbourne made by founder and Pastry Chef Odette Squillace, with inspiration being drawn from Odette’s travels, experiences and influences in the world of Patisserie. Great pleasure and pride is taken while sourcing only the finest quality ingredients and often building relations directly with the farms or producers.
All products are Gluten Free, with dairy free and vegan options available.
TWO LITTLE TARTS is proudly 100% Australian owned and operated. Based in Melbourne, shipping Australia wide