Pip Magazine | Hickson Pecans | Burleigh Natural | The Organic Milk Co | Lindner Socks | Ahava Life | Stay Tray | DeÁurora | Strand Australia | Plumtree Pocket
Pip Magazine is Australia’s leading sustainability multimedia company. Through their print magazine, blogs, podcasts and e-newsletters, Pip Magazine helps you to learn the skills you need for growing food, foraging, seed saving, preserving, fermenting, beekeeping, keeping chickens, making compost, no-waste living, green building, repair, DIY, and live lightly on the planet.
The Hickson family grows pecans on a beautiful farm in the pristine Dumaresq Valley on the NSW-Queensland border. Although not yet organically certified, they don’t use any glyphosate (round-up), insecticides or fungicides on their trees. The nuts are harvested in Autumn and are then shelled in small batches to optimise freshness.
Burleigh Natural is a boutique skincare company based on the Gold Coast, Australia that aims to provide uncomplicated skincare products for simple routines and noticeable results. Burleigh Natural aims to keep their carbon footprint to a minimum which is why products are made locally and all packaging is sourced from within Australia. They ship via Sendle, which offsets all deliveries in order to achieve 100% carbon neutrality. $1 from every product sold is donated to the volunteer-run charity, Wildcare Australia Inc.
Founded in 2015, The Organic Milk Co is an Australian owned and operated company. They are a group of Australian farmers determined to produce milk that is simply better - for their cows, for the environment and for Australian families. The Organic Milk Company is a collaboration of the largest network of organic dairy farmers in Australia who have made the move towards ethical, certified organic farming practices to deliver Australian families fresh milk and dairy products that are free from genetically modified ingredients, chemicals, pesticides, hormones and antibiotics.
Lindner Quality Socks is a family owned and operated business manufacturing socks in the rural town of Crookwell, NSW, Australia. Their Luxury range features super quality socks and accessories, all made from great quality, locally-grown alpaca fleece and fine merino wool.
Ahava Life is an Australian botanical skincare brand offering products which are ethically made from 100% natural, cruelty free and vegan friendly ingredients. Ahava Life is proud to be an Australian made and owned business based in Carindale, Queensland.
Stay Tray is a reusable drink tray made from 100% recycled plastics. Founded by Kate Steward, a mother of two beautiful young kids, who like many parents, want the planet to be a better place for her kids. Stay Tray encourages the use of reusable drink carriers, by delivering sustainable products that challenge the culture of single use, whilst rehoming the world's plastic waste.
DeÁurora is an Australian brand of beauty care products that deliver fantastic results. Their natural organic blend is created to lift your senses and purify your body, leaving your senses awakened. All of their ingredients are rigorously trialled and tested, before being combined in a way that enhances their effectiveness.
Strand Australia is a clothing label with a vision to offer beautiful, timeless, high quality resort wear pieces as an alternative to trend driven fast fashion. Their fabrics and materials are carefully chosen for customers comfort and also for the impact on the environment. Their textiles as well as the dying process are certified organic in their country of origin. Strand Australia is committed to transparent and sustainable trade practices. All pieces are designed in Melbourne, Australia and undergo a small scale production at a family owned business in India.
Established in 1999, the Plum farm now supplies many businesses with whole fruit, puree, dehydrated and freeze dried products, all produced according to their own HACCP plans and procedures. Plumtree Pocket Nursery in Upper Burringbar is situated amongst acres of established rainforest plantings and gardens, offering a diverse selection of plants from local endemic species, natives and other exciting plants.
Plumtree Pocket are constantly striving to maintain best practice management and operate their annual harvests with many small businesses in mind. For this reason they have created a system of supply where they value ongoing customers and most importantly the community of emerging businesses who share their passion for native Australian plants.