Vanessa & Jasons Journey
About Us!
For over 15 years, OrganicBox has been providing Adelaide and surrounds with Australian Certified Organic (ACO) fresh fruit and vegetables, organic meat, eggs and dairy, organic groceries and organic products for health, beauty and home.
We are a small, family run business owned by partners Vanessa and Jason.
Our Company Values
* Certified Organic
* Farm To Home
* Delivered Fresh
* We Love What We Do
* People First
Our Brand Promises
** Guaranteed Certified Organic
** Delivered Fresh
** Full Traceability
** Chemical Free Farming
Local, Seasonal Produce
Now with the Gumeracha farm being ACO certified we are growing a larger range of produce ourselves. These lines are listed on our website with (OrganicBox) as the first word, which guarantees our customers that we grow this produce on site. We also have the Riverland Orchard in Cadell which is also fully ACO certified and during the fruit season we grow Apricots, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Grapes, Passionfruit. We have planted more varities of Peaches, and also Nectarines. Anything we do not grow ourselves we always aim to source seasonal produce from local SA growers. This means healthier and fresher produce for you and the environement!
At Organicbox have a passion for providing guaranteed fresh and guaranteed ACO products. We want to make a difference in the world now, and the world we leave for future generations.
Our Range of Boxes
Our range of organic boxes caters for all dietary requirements and is based around seasonal produce, availability and quality. Our box contents are listed on our OrganicBox Facebook Page as well as our Website "Latest News" every Sunday afternoon.
Customers are able to change up to 3 items per box. If you find you are changing more items that please email Kim at changes@organicbox.com.au to arrange for us to create a "custom" box for you. You can also now select "Create Your Own $75 and $105 boxes" - just make a note in the comments which produce you would like in your box and we will create the box for you.
You can choose between buying a preset seasonal box; buying a box and adding more items or just shopping to create your own fresh, healthy and delicious organic box.
Freshness Guaranteed
Organicbox is passionate about packing best quality organic produce.
We harvest our own certified organic produce direct from our farm on the day of packing. So our produce is 24 hours out the paddock before it lands in your fridge - true Paddock to Plate!!!!!
Other produce is collected from our suppliers in refrigerated vehichles, then produce is transfered into our coldroom. It is then packed, at 4 degrees, into foam boxes, then delivered refrigerated to your door.
The produce remains fresh and cold until it reaches your door. During summer on extremely hot days we can add ice packs in the boxes for an extra guarantee of your produce remaining cold, please let us know if you want ice packs.
We offer a perfect produce guarantee. If ever you get any produce you are not happy with we will replace it for free the following week, no questions asked!
Sustainable and Eco-Friendly
OrganicBox has a strong sustainability focus.
By choosing organic, you are already making the most proactive choice you can for sustainability. Certified organic farming doesn’t allow the use of products and practices that are harmful to the environment.
As an organisation, we also prioritise sustainability with:
Packaging
All of our packaging is plastic-free and kept to a minimum. We have partnered with BioBag to offer fully compostable bio bags. We use eco-friendly reusable cooler boxes so that produce is kept fresh and tasty while also being the sustainable option.
For products we have produced ourselves, such as our own wine, we elected to use sustainable packaging made from sugarcane and vegetable ink.
Delivery
We aim to grown the majority of our produce on our own farm. This significantly reduces transit time and therefore fuel consumption.
For the remaining produce, we prioritise local first, sourcing local produce and groceries where possible.
To reduce fuel consumption, we only deliver to one area of South Australia per week, with set delivery days for each area.
Reducing Waste
We despise waste at OrganicBox. Any waste from the farm each week is simply put back into the farm via composting or feeding the animals.
After an abundant season in our orchard, we realised that this may lead to food spoilage. Rather than let it go to waste, we quickly set about creating a range of Certified organic alcoholic wine and cider, making use of the abundance of pears, grapes and this season, apricots.
Because we offer boxes dependant on what is in stock, there is very little generated waste.
Please try the service and experience the fresh food! We love to hear what you think about our service so please let us know, all feedback is appreciated as it helps me to grow and improve the service to all customers.
In Health and Vitality,
Vanessa and Jason
OrganicBox
Vanessa & Jason's Journey
The journey to providing people of Adelaide certified organic produce via OrganicBox began with Vanessa.
Vanessa has been passionate about organic ingredients and natural health for over 30 years or more now.
She came to learn that what she was eating, drinking and putting on my body is full of man-made chemicals that have never been tested for safety, and after going through a challenging period of unexplained infertility for nearly 10 years, she began to research and learn all that she could.
Along her journey she started seeking answers and went to see a Naturopath. One of the first things she suggested Vanessa do was read a book on natural fertility by Francesca Naish. This book was the turning point for her, an awakening, because that was when she first learned that the food, water and personal care products she had taken for granted as being safe, are actually full of dangerous chemicals, additives, colouring, flavours, Genetically Modified Organisms and are harmful to our health, our bodies and the planet.
These chemicals and toxins can cause all sorts of health issues - it is actually very scary! So massive changes were made. Without going too much further into her personal story, since reading that book she has continued to read, learn and research, and became passionate about organics, natural health and wellness… and she now has two beautiful children!
The choice for being organic is an easy one for Vanessa, and her family, knowing that organic produce is healthier, more nutritious, fuelling the body with all the vitamins and minerals it needs, is something that can not be overlooked in our current times of increased disease and illness. Nature gives us exactly what we need in the correct form and in the correct amounts. Organics also supports the environment, is better for the earth, water quality, plants and animals and supports ethical, conscious, responsible farmers.
Jason’s journey started over 15 years ago when his Dad was diagnosed with cancer.
Jason's Dad went through the whole medical system treatment for cancer. He was given the “all clear” after treatment but then the cancer came back after around 5 years. Feeling disappoitment in the medical system Jason started researching alternative therapies as he felt there had to be something else than the cut, burn and poison that his father had endured the first time around.
On that journey he ended up connecting with Vanessa through OrganicBox.
Since then, they have gone on to successfully run OrganicBox as a local SA family business, providing people of Adelaide certified organic produce delivered fresh, with love.
