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Box Divvy ACT - Giralang - Chuculba Box Divvy, Social Enterprise, food box sharing connecting growers & food wholesalers with the Food Hubs up to 40% cheaper than online supermarkets. WANT MORE?

Hub name: ACT - Giralang - Chuculba

Pick up Wednesday. Home Delivery offered but please ask first. Due to COVID-19 Our Local Food Hubs Have in place Hygiene, Packing and Social Distancing protocol. So a Wave and smile from a distance on pick up. Community working together. To register for the Hub use this link
https://app.boxdivvy.com.au/register/hub/309

Box Divvy is Community owned and run. Th

is is a fruit veg and grocery cooperative. We purchase as a group up to 40% cheaper than supermarkets. It’s a Smart coop and you get more of what you want than a normal coop. Box Divvy is a food box sharing system connecting growers & food producers directly with the Food. It is community owned and run designed to cut your food bill. You join online - there is no registration fee. https://www.boxdivvy.com/ You use an App on your phone or computer or a pad to order. Working with Western Sydney Diabetes Alliance - our aim is to provide accessible, inexpensive good quality fresh food. How it works:
Start Order is roughly $25-$30 and you can take up to 3 things out. You get to Vote for Start Order contents each week. How much you get is based on household size but you'll always get more than what you paid for in the Start Order. THEN
SPLITS (Let's SPLIT share a box). More fruit & veg, groceries, bread, eggs, meat etc. Put up 1 or 2 boxes and look at what others want to share and join them. You'll get great value, supporting farming families whom you'll get to know.

4 DAY ORDER CYCLE – FOR Wednesday pick up

Friday 9pm – Order creation
It’s an OPT OUT SYSTEM so if you don’t want an order for the coming week, you must suspend prior to Friday 9pm. Your “WISH LIST VOTE” and any changes you wish to make to your household size must also be done by Friday 9pm. Saturday - Starting Order Published
Login take up to 3 things out and JOIN SPLITS. Monday 9pm - CUTOFF
Orders closed. Cards charged. There are 2 automatic processing’s, if those both decline - a $5 recharge fee is applied as it pays for someone to manually reprocess. You must pay BEFORE pick-up. Wednesday - PICK UP. You must pick up day of delivery at the pick-up time or arrange with Hubster. PAYMENTS
You must pay for your order once committed to an order cycle. Once in an Order Cycle we cannot withdraw an order. It is your responsibility to suspend the correct weeks. ORDERING SYSTEM
Dead simple. You share boxes online using the App. SUSPENDING ORDERS
When you tick the date, wait, it will turn red to confirm suspension. You’re expected to order weekly or fortnightly. STARTING ORDER
There’s a Starting Order based on your weekly ‘wish list’ VOTE and you can take out up to 3 things. Every week BEFORE Order Creation do a Wish List Vote to help Hubster (person who organisers Hub) to set up Starting Order. SHARE BOXES known as SPLITS
If you wish for more, you join Splits and share boxes. You can suggest a box to share or to your Hubster. Such as saying to your group: “Who’d like to share a box of apples?”

At order cut-off you pay automatically online (Visa or Mastercard & Secure Eway Payment gateway) then boxes from growers & food wholesalers come to the Hubster’s house for packing. You pick up from their place or they may offer home delivery. FRUIT, VEG, BREAD, EGGS – Order, pay, receive this week
GROCERIES – Order, pay, receive next week due to fresh roasting of coffee and made to order. BREAD baker direct – Minimum HUB order total is $30
GROCERIES wholesaler direct – Minimum HUB order is $75. READ THE AMOUNTS YOU ARE PURCHASING
Please check carefully if the items are single, handfuls, 500gm, 1 kg etc. Don't assume it's by one item. EXAMPLE: Cherries sold by the box, make sure you’re not putting in 5 thinking it's handfuls when it's boxes. Read the descriptions please. EXTRAS
There are ALWAYS extras as the box belongs to members so your Hubster will divvy extras when available. There is also usually a SWAP box - if you forget to customise your Starting Order, you can throw in some apples and take out some carrots that someone else did not want. You will get great value. COMMUNITY BOX
Many Hubster’s ask members if this SWAP BOX can become a COMMUNITY KINDNESS BOX given to a family in need. This is part of the Social Enterprise experience by being part of the Hub. NOT WANT AN ORDER? There are no contracts, you can suspend orders when you don’t want them. WANT EXACTLY 1 tomato 2 oranges? Then Box Divvy is not for you. This is a coop and things are in handfuls NOT exact items. You need to be flexible but you'll always get good value. We are a group of community minded people wanting to change the food system. Reduce packaging and pay our farmers fairly. By reducing our carbon footprint by 90% this means we buy in bulk as a group and then share it. We need to be a bit flexible. You will know roughly what you will get but you can’t get exact. We have a Packing Guide but the numbers will change as produce is smaller or larger. Mostly you will get extras overall. HOW DO I KNOW WHAT I SPEND? EASY. You will pay the STARTING ORDER PLUS if you join in SPLITS or ADD Groceries. At the bottom of MY ORDER you will see the MAX you will pay if all your SPLITS get over the line, any groceries you’ve ordered and the Starting Order. You can reduce the SPLITS or Groceries you joined BEFORE CUTOFF. PACKAGING
Much of the produce comes loose so please provide your Hubster with a NAME LABELLED BAG: ALSO - calico/wash nets to put handfuls in (do not expect your Hubster to provide paper bags please): Bring in your old icecream containers, for example, for the Hub to put soft stuff in. If you get an item in plastic, recycle it in your soft plastic bin. We don't interrupt the packing from the farmer. Farmers are trying to work out how to transport produce and it can’t always be plastic free - for the moment. The Sugar Cane bags are not strong, don't last and definitely not airtight. Cardboard and paper fall apart. New technology is being worked on. NOT FOR ME
If after you’ve tried it and Box Divvy is not working the way you want, then you can cancel membership. So? Join our group to make a difference. You have the power to do so. Cut your food bill significantly – Wow! The goal: to cut your food bill, without compromising on the quality, freshness and variety of food. With minimal effort, minimal packaging and food miles, and still paying farmers and suppliers a fair price for their produce.

04/03/2025

Lemons and limes

When is a special really a lemon? When it’s a lemon selling in Colesworth. True! They’re $1.80. Each. On special. Or 75c at Box Divvy. Oh, and limes at 65c. Time for a Mojito?

04/03/2025

04/03/2025

Podcast Episode · The ATP Project · 04/02/2025 · 37m

04/03/2025

Jumping on the fresh food bandwagon

04/03/2025

03/03/2025

Passionfruit

Queensland has been mopping up, so we’re starting to see quite a lot of produce flowing through – including these large passionfruit – going out the door for $1 each.

03/03/2025

Vegetables

Vegetables are tightening up in a number of areas, especially broccoli, cabbages (George, Brussels Sprouts, cauliflower, beans and tomatoes. Herbs are also up, especially coriander and parsley – but expected to come down in a week or 2. Celery and Iceberg lettuce are back but neither of them cheap.

In better news, baby spinach, mesclun and (loose) rocket are back to normal. In even better news: Shepard avocadoes have finally appeared – 3 weeks later than normal due to the Queensland floods – but volumes are good and good-sized fruit is cheaper than the Hass, at around $2.40. We’re cautiously optimistic that they might drop further over the next few weeks.

A few other vegetables return this week, notably leeks (around $2) and Swiss Brown mushrooms. FungiCo’s oyster mushrooms are taking another break, but Shiitake and Lion’s Mane are available.

There’s plenty of good value left – wombok, kale, capsicums, most lettuces, cucumbers, eggplant, pumpkin – but here are our best buys for the week:
• Caulini flower: grown by Charlie Vella, it’s related to cauliflower, but sweeter and more tender. In fact, you can eat it raw, in a salad. Supplied as 250-300g bunch for around $2.50 a bunch
• Dutch Cream – the crème de la crème of the potato world. Not always available, and certainly not at this price: $2.40 a kilo
• Rainbow medley tomatoes: started last week, but already down to $2 a serve, they are hands-down the best value tomatoes this week. Go crazy!

03/03/2025

I love it when the kids want to cook! Spaghetti bol for dinner.
Box divvy makes it easy with our beautiful fresh produce!

We are almost at full capacity, with only a few spots remaining.

Please visit www.boxdivvy.com for more information.

To register with Box Divvy Paxton - Forest, please visit https://app.boxdivvy.com.au/register/hub/290?referral=map.

Pickups take place on Fridays.

03/03/2025

Ramadan Mubarak to all those observing 🙏🏼

Breaking your fast with dates is an Islamic tradition.

Beyond religion, according to Jülide Turker, Paediatric Naturopath - Nutritionist - and Herbalist, she looked at the science behind why dates were chosen as the source to break your fast:

1. Quick Energy Boost – Dates are rich in natural sugars (glucose, fructose, and sucrose), which provide a rapid source of energy after a period of fasting when blood sugar levels may be low.

2. Easily Digestible – Their soft texture and high fiber content make them gentle on the stomach, preventing digestive discomfort when reintroducing food.

3. Rich in Nutrients – Dates contain essential nutrients like potassium, magnesium, and B vitamins, which help replenish electrolytes and support overall well-being.

4. Hydration Support – Dates have high water content and potassium, which help rehydrate the body and balance fluids after dehydration from fasting.

5. Satiety and Digestion – The fiber in dates promotes fullness, preventing overeating after breaking the fast while also aiding digestion.

This combination of benefits makes dates an ideal first food to break a fast, for religious and thus health reasons.

Available at Box Divvy.

02/03/2025

Market update

Whilst Queensland is slowly recovering from the floods, the rest of the country is transitioning crops and growing regions – and seasons are slowly changing from summer to autumn, with cooler weather setting in across the eastern seaboard by the middle of this week.

Fruit

In fruit, supply of tropical fruit from North Queensland is improving by the day, with passionfruit and lime prices down by half over the past fortnight. Pineapples mostly have tops-on and reasonably priced. Banana prices are still elevated but should start coming down throughout March.

Stonefruit is still good but is now a week-by-week proposition, so get some whilst the going is still good. Pears are cheaper, and there’s plenty of Royal Gala – still the best value new season apple. Fuji’s have just started (and we’ve reset the minimum to be consistent with the other apples).

Seedless watermelon is up but still good value and eats well. Berries are a mixed bag: strawberries and now also blackberries are poor quality, but blues and raspberries are still good.

Best buys this week: large passionfruit, lemons and lime.

02/03/2025

Make your own Spring Rolls

They’re so easy to make – and easy to eat: Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls. Fill them with some prawn, tofu puffs, bean shoots, lettuce and fresh herbs – and then dip them in any of the new Maesri sauces (Spring Roll, Sukiyaki, Sweet Chilli), and pop ‘m in your mouth. They’re delicious and super healthy.

02/03/2025

So interesting.

01/03/2025

Sydney Sprouts Home Growing Kits

Grow your own sprouts at home – or get your kids to do this as a project. From alfalfa to bean shoots and rainbow radish, growing your own at home means the sprouts are super-fresh, very economical, fun and educational.. One seed packet produces approximately 5 equivalent punnets, and most take only 3-5 days before you can start harvesting.

The kit includes: glass jar with strainer, 2 seed packets – 250g Black Pearl Mung Beans seeds and 250g Alfalfa seeds – and growing instructions.

Sydney Sprouts seeds are GMO-free, non-hybrid, open pollinated, no chemical residue detected and no chemical seed coating.

Sydney Sprouts sells the kits including 2 seed packets and delivery cost for $43.95. Exclusively for Box Divvy members, they are just $29 – a massive 34% discount.
In addition to the two seed packets supplied, you can separately purchase any of 6 seed varieties on Marketplace.

Here is a video that shows how easy it is to grow: https://ow.ly/Eq1T50V8P8a

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