Eat.Drink Mornington Peninsula 2021

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FROM BRANCH Talking plantation innovation with Steve Marshall Steve Marshall plants trees and believes in sustainability. With green thumbs the size of the Peninsula, this environmentally conscious man who makes things happen from the ground up likes to get his hands dirty. It’s been 35 years since he planted his first avocado tree down south. There have been many more since. Olive trees and grapes too. Basically, if there’s anything you need to know about growing avocados and olives well, Steve’s your guy. ( 10

Growing up in Melbourne, Steve decided early on not to follow in his lawyer parents’ footsteps. He wanted to be outside where he could breathe. Feel the salty air on his skin and plunge his hands into the soil. As a kid he spent weekends at his family’s farm in Shoreham, which solidified his affiliation with the region, and he went on to study agricultural science at Melbourne University. He planted his first avocado tree on the property in Shoreham in 1985. That turned into 40 trees being planted between the shrubby hazelnut trees his father Bill had already established, but because they were different varieties, not all of them thrived. The 20 that did grew into 100 avocado trees by the time 1992 rolled around. Steve explains: “Mum Pam and Dad were hobby farmers. After planting those first trees I started my business putting in avocado plantations for clients in 1992 across the Mornington Peninsula. My eatdrinkmornpen


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FROM PASTURE Butchery and ethical farming practices with Sonya Wood

3min
pages 164-167

Championing consistency and simplicity with Mark Poulter

3min
pages 168-169

DIRECTORIES

2min
pages 170-171

Main Ridge Red Hill Merricks Shoreham Point Leo Arthurs Seat

20min
pages 146-163

Alex Reed’s passion for seasonal produce

3min
pages 144-145

Somers Balnarring Tyabb Bittern Hastings

13min
pages 128-139

FROM ORGANICS Certified organic cultivation with Wayne and Tash Shields

4min
pages 124-127

FROM VINE Mornington Peninsula vignerons celebrate region’s excellence in wine

3min
pages 110-113

Blairgowrie Sorrento Portsea

11min
pages 102-109

St Andrews Beach to Flinders

3min
pages 120-123

Rosebud Capel Sound Tootgarook Rye

16min
pages 86-99

FROM SALT WATER A snapshot of Western Port fishing life with John Woolley

4min
pages 100-101

Safety Beach Dromana McCrae Martha Cove

21min
pages 66-81

FROM NATURE Organic gardening takes root at Heronswood

4min
pages 62-65

FROM GENERATION Vegetable heritage keeps growing with Lamattina family

4min
pages 84-85

Mount Eliza Mornington Mount Martha Moorooduc

34min
pages 34-59

FROM PIONEER Flinders a holiday destination for turn-of-the-century travellers

3min
pages 60-61

FROM INDIGENOUS Focus on food from Country with Peter Aldenhoven

4min
pages 32-33

Vegetables receive a standing ovation from Alice Zaslavsky

3min
pages 30-31

Alice Zaslavsky’s Jalapeño poppers

1min
page 29

Panzanella salad

2min
page 15

SECTIONS

16min
pages 16-28

Balsamic roasted baby carrots

1min
page 13

Well, hello 2021

6min
pages 6-7

FROM BRANCH Talking plantation innovation with Steve Marshall

4min
pages 10-11

FROM EARTH Where the wild mushrooms grow with Max Paganoni

3min
pages 8-9
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