06/02/2026
🎉🥑 The Support Local Shop is OPEN! 🥕🍯
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We’re excited to announce that The Support Local Shop is officially open!
Pickup locations — drops ready for collection on 20/02/2025:
📌Karri Glade Farm Stay (Glenoran/Manjimup)
📌Busselton (South West Bottega)
📌Karrinyup (Gwelup)
📌Quinns Rocks
📌Hillarys Primary School P&C (Avocados ONLY)
(Apologies — our Atwell location has ended. If you know a not-for-profit that would like to become a pickup point and earn some money, please send them our way!)
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Why we’re doing this
Too many small farmers get heartbreakingly low prices for their hard work. Sending produce to wholesale markets is a risky gamble — some days it’s viable, other days the pricing isn’t worth the effort.
Europe has long shown fairer pricing models, but in Australia, protections are limited. The Food and Grocery Code of Conduct 2025 is designed to stop retailers from underpaying farmers, but it only applies to industries with annual sales over $5 billion.
This leaves most small farmers unprotected. On top of that, joining accreditation programs like FreshCare often costs more than any extra revenue they could earn, making participation financially unviable.
We’re done accepting the status quo. The Support Local Shop connects Perth buyers directly with small producers, reducing the middlemen and role‑modeling what we believe legislation and pricing should look like for all. Farmers set the prices they need to make their operations sustainable. We add a transparent markup to cover transport, credit card fees, and pickup point contributions — we either follow the producer’s RRP or typically add 15% after expenses for unpriced items.
Transparency - Fewer middlemen - Fair pay for farmers - Fair prices for buyers - Tiny team - big values.
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