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Every summer we open our orchard shop located near Omaha Beach in Auckland.. the perfect place to stop for your favourite fresh berry soft serve, or freshly picked organic blues! You can also stock up on a selection of oob organic frozen produce, as well as try any of our 100% certified organic ice cream flavours. Grab a bean bag or picnic table and enjoy stopping by our summer destination.
Early summer is a lovely time of year here in our orchard. The blueberry bushes have wintered well, and our first crops of fresh berries picked! Our story began with our home orchard in Omaha (Auckland, NZ) back in 2001.
We’re often asked about our Partner Farmers in Chile, Peru and Turkey: who are they? Have we been to their farms? Are they held to a high standard of organic accreditation? In this blog we catch up with Robbie - co-founder of oob organic along with his wife Shannon - to give us some history on oob organic’s Partner Farmer relationships, and answer those commonly asked questions.
In case you hadn't heard... the Soft Plastics recycling program has been relaunched! It was only twelve months ago that there was nowhere in NZ to process used soft plastics, and now there are two plants in the North Island. A good stroke of Kiwi genius sparked the creation of Future Post (in Waiuku, South Auckland) which recycles the soft plastics into fence posts. Second Life Plastics is based in Levin and they turn soft plastics into cable covers, garden edging and other products. Great work guys! Find your nearest soft plastics recycling bin and read more about the fantastic effort that's being made to reduce waste here.
Freezer full of oob organic frozen berries, veggies and fruit? That’s a goldmine of nutritious cooking, but to get them from freezer to fab, just follow our defrosting tips.
At oob, we take our organic certification very seriously. It’s a point of pride and our guarantee to you that every single blueberry, bean or broccoli florette has been grown to the highest organic standards, following organic horticulture principles. But what does that really mean?
We feel lucky to be mentioned by celebrated food writer Lauraine Jacobs in a recent Radio NZ interview. Lauraine is an Omaha local and is great to hear she frequents our orchard shop!
The New Zealand Ice Cream Manufacturers are holding their inaugural NZ Ice Cream Week from 19 November to 25 November, with Sundae 25 November being celebrated as NZ National Ice Cream Day.
We recently ran a fun competition to select Taste Testers who were the first to try our new 100% certified organic dairy-free Coconut Frozen Desserts. Here’s what Nicky Leith from Auckland had to say about the new range!
We recently ran a fun competition to select Taste Testers who were the first to try our new 100% certified organic dairy-free Coconut Frozen Desserts. Here’s what Sophie Hudson from Auckland had to say about the new range!
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