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Big local value this week 🌱

Somerville green cabbage $4, local broccoli $2.47 ea (no big stem), carrots $2, continental cucumbers $1.85 ea, sweet potatoes $4.30/kg, washed potatoes $3.75/kg.

Pink Ladies finishing locally till March 🍎 - Prices up..
Strawberries & avos up slightly — avos are green, pop them somewhere warm to ripen.

Lemons & yellow peaches are a maybe; if not, we'll switch to white peaches like last week 🍑

Plus — I'm meeting a local beef farm this week 👀🥩
Full market details + our Jointly vision below 👇

Our Vision (Why Jointly Exists)

At Jointly, our vision is simple: to make fresh, healthy, affordable, and sustainable food the easy choice for families — while supporting local growers, strengthening community connection, and caring for those doing it tough.

Week after week, many of you tell us:
"The produce tastes better."
"It lasts longer."
"My kids are choosing fruit again."

That's not by chance. Fresher food can contain up to 70% more essential vitamins and minerals than produce that's travelled long distances and sat for days or weeks. Freshness isn't a nice extra — it's central to health.

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🚜 How We're Fulfilling This Vision (Together)

• Freshness first – produce is picked and delivered within ~48 hours where possible, straight from local farms and the Melbourne Market to your Hub.
• Community Hubs – one delivery per Hub means fewer food kilometres, less waste, and the ability to deliver produce the same day we collect it. Individual home deliveries simply can't achieve this.
• Fair pricing – we actively compare against major supermarkets to stay competitive without squeezing farmers.
• Local-first sourcing – Mornington Peninsula farms and small producers are prioritised whenever available.
• Low waste, low packaging – reused boxes and minimal packaging, using plastics only when they genuinely extend shelf life.
• Nourish – through Jointly Nourish, that same fresh, healthy food is shared with local families doing it tough, because access to good food shouldn't depend on circumstance.

This system only works because of you. By choosing to shop through your Hub, you're helping build something that's fresher, fairer, and deeply connected — week after week.

🥦 This Week's Produce Highlights

• 🍎 Pink Lady Apples
  Local Pink Ladies have finished up, we are buying them from Ridevski in Sheparton @ $1.23ea - If you like Fuji they are local and great value @ .88cents each!
• 🥦 Local Somerville Broccoli
  Fresh — $2.47 each, trimmed with no big stem. Fresh, clean and excellent value.
• 🥬 Green Cabbage (Somerville)
  Grown locally and priced at just $4 — hard to beat for freshness and versatility.
• 🥕 Carrots
  Excellent value this week at $2 x 1kg bag.
• 🥒 Continental Cucumbers
  A great week for them at $1.85 each.
• 🍠 Sweet Potatoes
  Only $4.30 per kg — perfect for roasting or mash.
• 🥔 Washed Potatoes
  Just $3.75 per kg.
• 🍓 Strawberries & 🥑 Avocados from Rocky Creek - Red Hill
  Prices have nudged up slightly due to supply, but quality remains good. Avocados are on the greener side — warmth helps ripening.
• Lemons & 🍑 Peaches
  Lemons and yellow peaches are supply-dependent this week. If yellow peaches aren't available, we'll go with white peaches as we did last week.

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As always, thanks for supporting local growers and seasonal eating 💚
We'll keep sourcing the best quality available and sharing updates as the market moves.

Meat supply: LOOKING AHEAD

Thanks to everyone who shared feedback on the Provenir trial. Some felt it was good value for high-quality, ethical meat, but for many (the majority) the pricing felt too high.

Off the back of that feedback, we've done some more searching and are meeting with a local beef farm on the Mornington Peninsula later this week. We haven't seen pricing yet, but we're hopeful this will land at a better value point, while still being grass-fed, ethical, and quality meat for all of us.

Watch this space.

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