Providers

A quick list of trusted providers in the Sydney area

The info under this sec­tion is really a work-in-progress, and you should check the lifestyle post cat­e­gory as well to check on recent info. All I’m really doing here is col­lect­ing the dif­fer­ent providers I come across while research­ing online. Also, my opin­ion is just that, and your needs may dif­fer very much from mine, so just use the links and make up your own mind, but you may find it use­ful to have them aggre­gated here.

Type Name Area Main Prod­ucts Local/National/Global Mark (1–5, 1 is best) Review
Farmer – Online Retailer Spring Hill Beef Food Grass-fed beef Local to Syd­ney area 2 Beef is really good qual­ity, but cus­tomer ser­vice is lack­ing and deliv­ery is quite rigid.
Retailer Ovvio Organ­ics Health Herbal teas, spices, cosmetics Local: Padding­ton store only (map) 1 Very good prod­ucts and advice
Online Retailer Butcher 2 U Food Meats: grass-fed beef Local to Syd­ney area 3 Very con­ve­nient since can order 24h before sched­uled deliv­ery for neigh­bor­hood and can ask to pack­age cuts and por­tions lit­er­ar­ily any way you want them.
Pro­fes­sional Cross­fit Ignite Sydney Fit­ness Gym box and nutri­tion advice Local: Water­loo loca­tion (map) 1 Excel­lent, my choice :-)
Farmer Cleopatra’s Milk Food Organic full fat raw milk Located in Goom­boo­rian, QLD; but avail­able in a few loca­tions, includ­ing Syd­ney. I get mine from the whole­foods house organic (see below). 1 Excel­lent and essential
Man­u­fac­turer – Online Retailer Lov­ing Earth Food Raw choco­late, cocoa, nuts prod­ucts, and many others National online retailing 1 Excel­lent quality
Man­u­fac­turer – Online Retailer GPA Whole­foods Health Sup­ple­ments, includ­ing top qual­ity cod liver oil National online retailing 1 The best qual­ity cod liver oil
Retailer Whole Foods House Food Many food prod­ucts, some cos­met­ics, and some house­hold clean­ing prod­ucts. And Cleopatra’s raw milk! Local: 1 store in Wool­lahra (map), 1 store in Water­loo (map) 2 My source of Cleopatra’s Raw milk, but some prod­ucts are more expen­sive than else­where. Buy wisely!
Online Retailer Organic Buy­ers Group Food Many food prod­ucts, includ­ing pas­tured eggs National, free deliv­ery in Sydney Not tested yet, but on my list for the eggs
Man­u­fac­turer Eco Store House­hold prod­ucts, Cosmetics Many house­hold prod­ucts, and some soap as well National 2 Really good to use
Man­u­fac­turer Klean Kan­teen Reusable water bottles Bisphe­nol A free Water bot­tles only World­wide 1 Yes, sadly, most reusable water bot­tles leech Bisphe­nol A. This is one reli­able provider (see here for more info).
Pro­fes­sional Ori­gin of Energy Fit­ness, Nutrition Gym box, and kitchen! Local: in Bondi Junction 4 I have trained once, and must admit this is not for me. Less inten­sity than Cross­fit (though you may well think this is good and be right), and classes are def­i­nitely not for me. Also hard to see how 20 peo­ples could fit in the room. But that may very well work for your needs, so check them out and most of the nutri­tion advice is top-notch (see here). Should def­i­nitely check it out if you’re look­ing for a gym in this area, or if you have the time to stop by to dis­cuss nutri­tion (sadly I don’t).
Farmer Bega Val­ley Pasture-Fed Chicken Food Chicken ;-) Con­tact them, or at GRUB Hasn’t tried yet, but rec­om­mended by Anthia (Ovvio Organ­ics). Good enough for me :-)
Farmer Mered­ith Dairy Food Sheep and goat dairy Avail­able in retail­ers in Syd­ney, not just health/organic stores 2 Pas­ture raised herd for 9 months, grains oth­er­wise, mot organic but very good practices
Farmer Paris Creek Food Dairy Avail­able in retail­ers in Syd­ney, not just health/organic stores 2 Pas­tured, organic raised
Online Retailer Fro­mart Food Raw swiss cheese Online, and avail­able at Coles, etc. 2 Raw milk cheeses from Switzer­land. Huge selec­tion. Not all organic, but herds are pas­tured in moun­tains most of the time. Reminds me our life in Lau­sanne, my pre­ferred is the “Tete de Moine”!
Retailer Grass Roots Urban Butchery Food Meat and some dairy Local: in Vau­cluse, but deliv­ery possible Hasn’t tried yet, but rec­om­mended by Anthia (Ovvio Organ­ics). Providers are cer­tainly of a high quality.
Farmer Taralga Springs Beef Food Beef Con­tact them for inquiry, avail­able at GRUB Hasn’t tried yet, but rec­om­mended by GRUB
Farmer Egganic Food Eggs Sev­eral retail­ers in Syd­ney, list here 2 Great eggs.
Farmer – Online Retailer Graze and Flavour Food Pork, Lamb Online deliv­ery possible Hasn’t tried yet, but rec­om­mended by GRUB
Farmer Bega Val­ley Chicken Food Pas­tured Chicken Sev­eral retail­ers, includ­ing GRUB in this table for east­ern suburbs Hasn’t tried yet, but rec­om­mended by Anthia (Ovvio Organics).
Farmer Organ­i­grow Food Pas­tured eggs Sev­eral retail­ers, includ­ing T. Dux 2 Very good.
Farmer Brigadoon Har­vest Food Pas­tured eggs Very local, not sure where to buy Hasn’t tried yet, but rec­om­mended by Anthia (Ovvio Organics).
Farmer Claren­don Farms Food Pas­tured eggs Sev­eral retail­ers, includ­ing T. Dux 2 Very good
Retailer Feather and Bone Food A wide range of prod­ucts includ­ing top beef, other meats, eggs, etc. Phys­i­cal shop in Rozelle but deliver in the Syd­ney area Not tried yet, but sure to, as the trans­parency and the prod­ucts seems excellent.
Farmer Mirool Creek Lamb Food Pas­tured lamb Sev­eral retail­ers in Syd­ney, includ­ing Whole­food Organ­ics house listed here 2 Very good
Online Retailer Syd­ney Meats Food Grass-fed beef and other butch­ery products “All prod­ucts include free deliv­ery to Syd­ney, Wol­lon­gong, and the Blue Moun­tains. We also deliver Monthly to Cen­tral Coast, New­cas­tle, South­ern High­lands, South Coast and Canberra.” Indi­cated by Dan, a trainer at Cross­fit Ignite, not tested myself, but seems excellent :-)
Man­u­fac­turer – Online Retailer 180 Nutri­tion Health Pro­tein pow­der supplement Online, Aus­tralia wide Nat­ural pro­tein pow­der sup­ple­mented by good fats, fibres, etc. Haven’t tried it yet, but have made a first order.
Farmer Champion’s Moun­tain Organics Food Wide range of organic produce Eveleigh mar­ket, some shops in Syd­ney (detailshere) Not tried yet
Farmer – Online Retailer Moor­lands Lamb Food Pas­tured Lamb Order online and col­lect at mar­kets (Syd­ney and Can­berra, details here) Not tried yet
Mar­ket Syd­ney Sus­tain­able Markets Food Wide range In Tay­lor Square Every Sat­ur­day Morn­ing. Not tried yet
Mar­ket Eveleigh Mar­ket Food Wide range 243 Wil­son Street, Dar­ling­ton NSW 2008 Every Sat­ur­day morn­ing. Not tried yet.