Urban Locavore celebrates it’s 1st birthday in December and each month we try and strike a balance of 8 great products for under $50. So far I think we’ve done a pretty good job :) When we started a year ago we had about 50 deliveries per month and Paul could do them all by [...]
To my mum, Maree Kilmurray
On the 25th of November Urban Locavore lost it’s biggest supporter and I lost my wonderful mum. She had just turned 59. My mum loved farmers markets, street festivals, country fairs and all things craft. She grew up in Katanning and told me her happiest memories were playing in her grandmother’s fruit trees, hiding in [...]
Show us yer Mushroom Kit!
Watching these mushrooms grow is amazing! It’s starts off about the size of a pencil eraser poking it’s way through the lid … then within a couple of days there’s a fountain of mushrooms exploding from the cup, it’s crazy! We want to see how your Mushroom Kits are growing. Take daily snaps and post [...]
Jeff talks about the July Box on 6PR
Jeff Atkinson joined Graham Mabury and Vince Garreffa on 6PR to talk about Urban Locavore and the Mundaring Truffle Festival. Graham does a live unboxing on air while Jeff and Vince give commentary, it was a fun show and the enthusiasm for local produce is contagious! You can listen to the entire show (minus ads) [...]
The Locavore Challenge
This month we are excited to feature a very new product from Noonans Bakery but we also sadly say farewell to another great Perth producer in Three Birds. It is a timely reminder that WA producers and farmers have an enormous task competing with products from overseas. Many of these imports rely on an unsustainable [...]
Introducing … Brutus the Western Ground Parrot
We are excited to introduce the new Urban Locavore mascot and spokes-bird, Brutus the Western Ground Parrot! The Western Ground Parrot is unique to Western Australia and one of the rarest birds in the world – there are less than 110 remaining making them critically endangered. Brutus takes his name from a one of the [...]
May Unboxing
Paul & Jeff introduce the products from the May Tasting Box, this time from the Pony Express O! It’s a quick one this time so take five minutes to find out the story behind the food. Thanks to our special guest director Pierce Davison from DavisonBros. This and all our unboxing videos can be found [...]
Pink Delights by Angelina’s Biscotti listed as Perth’s Best meringues!
Congratulations to Angelina’s Pink Delights (pick of the January Tasting Box) which were featured as “Perth’s Best” in today’s West Australian!
Introducing … Amy Cargill
We are very lucky to have Amy Cargill join the Urban Locavore team as Brand Manager. Amy has been working in marketing and branding for over a decade throughout Australia and Asia, with clients including Vodafone, Xbox and Australian Fashion Week. Amy also has a family connection to the local food scene with years spent [...]
Introducing … Jeff Atkinson
We are extremely excited to add Jeff Atkinson to the Urban Locavore team. Previously Jeff was co-editor of the much loved Spice Magazine. Jeff joins us with the very fancy title, Food Curator, and will be scouting farmers markets and drawing on his huge experience in the West Australian food scene to bring us new [...]