Brief History of Karri Country Good Food

Karri Country Good Food was founded in 2002 by a few people who attended a meeting in Pemberton initiated by Kate Haslam as Manager of the Northcliffe Telecentre

The original intention was that people growing fruits and vegetables in Northcliffe and Pemberton could have somewhere to offer them for sale to other local people.

With help from Liz Troup, Sonya Eaton, John Walters and Kate Haslam arrangements were made to supply organic produce from Bay Organics in Busselton.  Freight was a problem though and this was eventually changed to other supplier, with many members being involved in being “couriers” on trips to Perth.

Before long "fresh produce markets" started happening outside the Telecentre but soon Roy Moss and others arranged for a move into the old video shop / butchers shop in Wheatley Coast Road at a very favourable rent due to the generosity of Brian and Zona Richards.

Since then many people have been involved both as committee members and volunteers running the shop and packing produce. Without the continued effort of all these people Karri Country Good Food would not thrived.

As the shop became more established more goods were purchased for resale and the business grew though always remaining true to its original intention of providing an outlet for local growers.

In 2006 we had the opportunity of buying the premises, again on generous terms from Brian and Zona, though sadly Brian died before the sale was formalised. Roy Moss and several volunteers did a fantastic job putting in a partition, repainting and generally improving the shop front.

In order to buy the premises the group had to become incorporated and the it officially became Karri Country Good Food Inc., though many still refer to it as the 'co-op'.

The committee has worked hard to improve the range of goods on offer and keep the roster of shop and packing volunteers going.

Membership has increased slowly but steadily and the range of goods for sale is growing. Hopefully we will soon be able to extend our trading days.

Volunteers are always needed for the shop and packing rosters and to collect produce from Perth. So anyone with a spare moment please contact Helen