
Who we are
Striving to make a difference
We are Dominik & Jess Uhlig, the husband and wife team behind Green Food Australia. Having travelled the country in 2017, we saw first hand how to live resourcefully, cherishing our gas/water/power/food resources; we also saw how incredibly difficult it was to dispose of waste without a fixed address.
Returning to our home in Tropical North Queensland, it was mind-blowing to see how we used to live through the actions of others. From taps running too long, lights being left on, power running mindlessly and food being prepared and discarded like it meant nothing.
The shutdown of 2020 allowed us to research ways in which not only we could make a difference individually, but through our employment venue, Salsa Bar & Grill. Owners Rhys & Bill are constantly striving to innovate their business and find new ways to reduce their carbon footprint, the establishment of Green Food Australia was next to come and the collaboration between commercial vendors & growers became a circular environment. What was grown and sold to the restaurant, is used and any waste is converted back into XLR8ยฎ Bio and put back into the soil upon which it is grown.
And this is the just the beginning โฆ
Jess Uhlig โ Sales & Marketing
Dominik Uhlig – Operations
If you want to make small changes, change the way you do things. If you want to make major changes, change the way you see things.
Don Gardener, Canadian rancher quoted in Gabe Browns ‘Dirt to Soil’
We're taking last minute orders for a freshly fermented batch of XLR8ยฎBio before our first Green Food baby is born and am useless for the next little while ๐ถ๐ผ๐
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Using the link in our bio, head to our website and place your order and I'll try to have deliveries out by the end of the week, just in time for the weekend of gardening fun ๐๐ถ๐
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Don't forget, not only is the XLR8 a bio-fertiliser, it's creates cataclysmic change in your soil to bring it back to life! Use on your lawn, crops, veggie patch and indoor plants ๐ฑ
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Thanks for all your support of our small, family owned business ๐๐ผ
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#organicgardeningaustralia #soilhealth #soilprobiotics #regenerativefarmingaustralia #mossmanhardware #limberlostcairns
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๐๐ก๐ค ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฆ 15% ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐จ๐ก๐ง
๐ป XLR8โBIO ๐พ
๐๐ฝ The perfect solution for your garden, veggies, herbs, lawn, acreage & more ๐ฑ "Where ever there's soil ..."
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โป๏ธ XLR8 Bio is a locally made bio-fertiliser that not only regenerates your soil, it saves on fertilisers & watering! Even better, it's made from local food waste!
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Green Food Australia are offering a 15% DISCOUNT for FNQ Locals.
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๐ FREE DELIVERY:
- Pick up Craiglie
- Delivery Port Douglas / Mossman (Saturday 21st & 28th August)
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๐ต To get the good stuff in your soil, jump online, purchase 1lt, 10lt or 20lts and enter the discount DOUGLAS15 to receive your discount.
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Offer expires AUGUST 31st. LINK TO ORDER IN THE BIO ๐
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#sustainablegardening #douglasshire #portdouglasdaintree #portdouglas #cairnslocals #cairnsgardens #gardeninginthetropics #fnqlocal #fnqgrowers #regenerativeagriculture #biofertiliser #soilhealth #soilbiology #recycle #foodwaste
Iโll be at the @cliftonbeachmarkets this Saturday with 1 & 10lt options of freshly produced XLR8 Bio โป๏ธ Itโs the perfect addition to any garden / lawn so if youโre keen to try it out, come and see me and SAVE 15% ๐ฑ๐ป
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Now with some super juice in your hands, thereโs no reason why you canโt have a chemical-free, thriving garden ๐ชด#sustainableliving
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You can find me right at the entrance near the ATM โก๏ธ come along and say โhiโ, get yourself a bottle and start your Green Food journey.
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#cliftonbeachmarkets #cairnsgardens #northernbeachescairns #greenfoodaustralia #marketgarden #sustainablegardening #sustainablegardeningaustralia
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๊ฐษดQ ษขสแดแดษด แดสแดแดส๊ฑ it's time to take advantage of our growing season and purchase some XLR8 Bio for your gardens soil. Not only are you doing the earth feeding the plants a favour, but the planet too ๐ค
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XLR8 Bio is made 100% from food waste that was destined for landfill. Converted into a bio-fertiliser, it acts as a catalyst to:
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- ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ค ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐
- ๐ค๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐
- ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ค
- ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ ๐ฃ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ค
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It's growing season in the Tropical North, so there's no better time to get your soil into shape, and no better way than with a food-waste solution.
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๐๐ผPM us to purchase or go to our website, link in bio โ๐ฝ
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#greenfoodaustralia #soilhealthaustralia #buildingbiology #fnqlocal #australianmade #biofertiliser #regenerativeagricultureaustralia #regenagaustralia #foodwaste #foodwastewarriors #kisstheground #rainforestbounty
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home grown food, grown with love from a recyclable resource โป๏ธ
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#greenfoodaustralia #sustainableliving #xlr8biotech #xlr8bio #vrmbiologik #renewableresources #regenerativeagriculture #kisstheground #microbesinsoil #sequestingcarbon
Adding some gorgeous used coffee grounds to this weeks batch thanks to the beautiful people at @captainandcoespresso - rich in carbon & nitrogen, perfect for healthy healthy soil ๐ฑโ๏ธ
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@captainandcoespresso are big supporters of all things local AND their suppliers, ensuring that when they succeed, so too do their partners such as @norcorural - taking care of the ๐๐งโ๐พ dairy farmers working hard to provide them with good quality milk.
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So next time youโre chasing a coffee in Port Douglas, pop in to see the team at Captain & Co Espresso for your caffeine fix ๐๐ผ
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#supportlocalbusiness #norcodairy #portdouglas #sustainability #sustainablefarming #biofertilisers #soilhealth #soilhealthmatters #fnq #athertontablelands
|| R A I N F O R E S T B O U N T Y ||
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Today we spent the afternoon in the company of the amazing Dr Geraldine McGuire of @rainforestbounty learning of the amazing things sheโs done converting dairy pastures into a stunning rainforest that is home to native fruit orchards and second generation cassowary families. Working closely with indigenous and non indigenous land groups, Geraldine is paving the way to a healthier natural environment, one Ooray (Davidson Plum) at a time, inspiring positive, like minded people along the way.
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What an inspiration ๐ฟ
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We also met with Gareth from @brolgatech - a brilliantly innovative business providing growers with an opportunity to map, strategise and distribute products on their properties in a targeted, more efficient way through the use of commercial drones.
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We canโt wait to work closely with these two businesses to assist in regenerating soils and keeping food waste from landfill ๐๐ผ
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#regenag #regenerativeagriculture #regenerativefarming #sustainability #landmanagement #athertontablelands #greenfoodaustralia #foodwastewarriors #dronesolutions
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It's a global problem with 40% of food produced being wasted before it's even made it to the supermarket. Wrong shape, size, small blemishes etc - we as the consumer have apparently informed the Woolies and Coles of the world that we want uniformed, picture perfect veg.
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40% W A S T E D โผ๏ธ
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B E F O R E it's made it to the shop! This is abhorrent. Think about how many people are starving in the world who would give their left leg for fresh produce โ AND the WATER CONSUMPTION to produce that much veg ๐ฑ
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So what can we do? Buy direct from the supplier / farmer; grow your own if possible; or simply tell your store manager you want to buy the "ugly veg". We as consumers can make a change.
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Then there's what we can do in our own homes. Excess bananas ๐make banana bread! Too many cucumbers from using the "good juice" #xlr8bio ๐ฅmake pickles!
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It's time to be less fussy, more creative and start giving a ๐ฉabout the food we buy, where we buy it and what it took to put it on our tables. One individual can't make a huge difference, but collectively we can make C H A N G E.
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#foodwaste #foodwastewarriors #globalchange #fightforfarmers #regenerativeagriculture #sustainability #globalfoodwaste #globalsustainability
PROJECT CAPSICUM is well under way with our plants producing some healthy looking fruit already. Really happy with the result of the #xlr8bio working magic in our little food forest. Nothing but the good juice, some bangingโ soil and lots and lots of life ๐๐ชฑ๐ชฒ
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Check out our latest story for just a snippet of the cool stuff growing ๐๐
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Want to get your hands on some XLR8? Head to our website to purchase this amazing product made simply from food waste otherwise destined for landfill.
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#greenfoodaustralia #vrmbiologik #foodforest #growyourown #soilprobiotics #healthysoil #regenag #soil #soilhealth #foodwastewarriors
โ๏ธ๐บIt's planting time in the tropics and there's no better time to ensure your soil is in tip top condition to grow all the things you love! ๐ถ๐ฅ
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Locally made bio-fertiliser ๐ฑmade from food waste โป๏ธis now on-sale online, at the Mossman Markets and at Port Irrigation.
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Free local delivery for online purchases ๐๐ฝBUY ONLINE โ link in bio ๐
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Give it a go and support local business doing our bit for our planet ๐๐ผ
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#greenfoodaustralia #vrmbiologik #xlr8bio #soilenhancer #renewable #foodwastewarrior #portdouglas #portdouglasdaintree #tropicalproduce #landscapingportdouglas #hortiluslandscaping #tnq #fnq #mossmanmarkets #supportlocalbusiness #growsmallbusiness #qld #regenerativeagriculture #regenagqld #biodynamicsfnq #biodynamicsqld
Getting our next batch of capsicum seedlings ready to plant ๐ฑ Fuelled by nothing but good health soils ๐ชฑ, water and XLR8ยฎBio ๐ฆ
Who needs fertiliser when you can recycle the good stuff into your soil โป๏ธ
Now to watch these little babies grow ๐ถ
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#permaculturecairns #xlr8bio #greenfood #greenfoodaustralia
Now, more than ever we need to start a little garden. Whether itโs growing herbs on a windowsill, a small veggie patch or ๐ friendly patches where we can. We can all do our little bit, start small, start somewhere. Just give it a grow ๐ฑ
๐Give Mum the gift of L O V E this Mothers' Day ... a bottle or two of the best stuff she can put on her garden ๐
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๐What Mum wouldn't want a bottle of stinky, microbe rich, biology building goodness made from food waste? A win for Mum ~ a win for the soil ~ a win for the planet ๐
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LOCAL DELIVERY SATURDAY 8th MAY ๐๐ฝโโ๏ธ
If you're chasing a litre, 10 litres or 20litres of XLR8 Bio, send me a PM and I'll drop it off tomorrow Saturday 8th May.
๐ตCASH ~ or ~ ๐ณCARD available
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PM Jess your order or text 0467 667 000 by 9am Saturday morning for same day delivery.
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All set up ready to see you at the Mossman Saturday Markets!
Come and get the good stuff for your garden and watch it grow ๐๐ฑ๐ป
A huge thanks to everyone who came out and supported us today under the beautiful rain trees in Mossman ๐๐ผ
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It was a gorgeous day meeting lots of new people and chatting to everyone sharing our passion for all things soil health & plants ๐ฑ
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Back again next week for those whoโd love to come and learn more about our XLR8ยฎBio, the amazing things it does for our soil and how weโre tackling food waste, one pear core ๐at a time!
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See you next week #greenfoodiesโป๏ธ
Itโs M A R K E T T I M E ๐ฑ
Come and see Jess at the Mossman Market tomorrow (Saturday 24th) from 7am. Weโll have 1lt and 10lt volumes of XLR8ยฎBio available from $13 per litre, but โป๏ธ weโd love to encourage you to bring your own container* and weโll bottle it up for you! *pls make sure itโs clean and never had chemicals in it*
If youโve heard all the talk about the benefits of putting microbes and carbon in your soil, you want to come and see us!
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Canโt make the market, feel free to PM us for an order and weโll get it to you during the week ASAP.
See you at the market, rain, hail or shine โ๏ธ๐โจ
Douglas Shire Sustainability Group | Mossman Botanic Garden
This stuff, the โgood juiceโ is made from fermented food waste. A concentrate mixed 1:10 and added to rebuild microbial populations in soil. What does that mean?
Add it to your soil in conjunction with your natural fertiliser and slowly ween your plants off the fertiliser! Weโve been using it on our veggie patch for a year, no fertiliser, just good old food waste juice.
Plus each dose contains all the goods:
Calcium 3%
Nitrogen 3%
Potassium 3%
Phosphorus 0.5%
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Keen to buy? Drop us a DM ...
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#biofertiliser #organicgardening #soilhealth #soilnerds #fnqlocal #portdouglas #foodwastewarriors
Getting closer to getting โthe good stuffโ, back into the soil! Labels are done, food waste fermented and XLR8ยฎBio created ๐๐ป๐ฑ
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One more week and weโll have 1lt, 10lt and 20lts available direct to the public. Of course, if you want to recycle an old container, weโd love that ๐๐ผ send us a PM to arrange an up-cycle fill โป๏ธ
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#xlra8bio #greenfoodaustralia #foodwastewarriors #soilhealth #regenerativeagriculture #qld #portdouglas #canegrowers