Hi Everyone,

Farming, the most important profession of them all, is also the most difficult. I am intent upon sharing strategies that can help you become more profitable, despite the increasing challenges. Value adding is often the key to financial viability. It has certainly been the case at Nutrition Farms. We have had a major disaster for each of the past six years. We have suffered late frosts, multiple hailstorms, drought, and a major farm fire. Then we experienced unparalleled bird pressure from hordes of lorikeets who had discovered the memorable flavour of our fruit. In the face of these endless challenges, we remain economically viable only through the creation of 36 Nutrition Farms products. The demand for these juices, pickles, powders, vinegars and supplements continues to grow, to the point that we are sometimes struggling to keep up with orders.

However, it’s not just the value-added of your produce that can help. It is also the crop choice, as some crops have more value-added potential than others. 

One of my favourites is garlic, because it literally has ten potential income streams.

These include 

1) Fresh green garlic - this gives you an early income stream. The plant can be used in its entirety at the early bulbing stage to deliver much of the taste impact of mature garlic.

2) Pickled green Garlic - offering a tangy treat with cheese and other savoury dishes.

3) Fresh garlic scapes - this flower is cut and discarded by many growers, because it steals from the bulb. The plant is pumping the best of everything into this reproductive initiative, and it turns out that the tasty scape has all the diverse medicinal qualities of the nature bulb. Chefs are rapidly discovering the versatility of garlic scapes, so there is a ready market.

4) Pickled Garlic scapes - these flower stalks are delicious when combined with ACV and herbs.

5) Dried garlic scapes-  the drying process concentrates the compounds and flavour to create a powder that can be combined with a mountain salt to create something quite special. This is the product we call Salt Scape.

6) Fresh Garlic Bulbs - we receive $25 per kg for the bulbs

7) Smoked Garlic - it turns out that smoking the bulb increases the potency of allicin, a core medicinal component.

8) Fermented garlic (black garlic) - this process also changes the many sulphur compounds found in garlic, enhancing their potency. It is the classic umami flavour that lifts many dishes

9) Pickled garlic -  My partner, Claudia, has developed á recipe to die for,  and everyone who tastes her pickled garlic at the farmers markets will buy a jar.

10) Honey garlic - Here we simply combine raw garlic with our Nutrition Farms rainforest honey. It needs to be burped every day for ten days, but it then becomes a genuine taste treat. Many clients claim they remain flu-free with two cloves of Nutrition Farms Honey Garlic per day.

In this “How To Do It” video, we will share today, Claudia will demonstrate some of the ways we can add value to our garlic crop.

I trust you will gain some benefit from her sharing.

Wishing you all the very best for spring planting

Graeme Sait
Founder, Nutri-Tech Solutions

Salt-Scape  

Salt-Scape is a unique herbal health salt based upon the flower of garlic, called the "scape". The garlic bulb, with a focus on reproduction, pumps everything it has into this flower. This results in remarkable taste and nutrition that is then amplified via dehydration to produce an intensely flavoured green powder.

This nutrient-packed, medicinal concentrate is then combined with a very special mountain salt called Nutri-Salt. This salt is the basis of over 15 Ayurvedic medicines and it is uniquely sourced from a single mountain in India. It features all 74 minerals and it has become a favourite of chefs across Australia.

Together, Nutri-Salt and these powdered scapes produce Salt-Scape, a memorable culinary taste treat that boosts and improves the flavour of all cooked and raw foods.

Nutri-Salt

Nutri-Salt™ comprises pure crystalline salt sourced from the mountainous regions of Southern India. These crystals contain the perfect balance of colloidal minerals, similar to that found in the primal sea from which the first cell emerged. Pristine mountain salt is regarded as superior to sea salt because 21st-century oceans are often polluted by oil spills, dioxins and mercury.

"I believe we should strive to source the very best natural salt available – a salt which delivers broad-spectrum mineralisation, energy-enhancing electrolytes and promotes wellness on a daily basis. Nutri-Salt™ offers those benefits and many more and it also has a sensational taste!"

Benefits

 The salt that should be on everyone's table. This unique salt contains the perfect balance of minerals, similar to that found in the primordial sea from which the first cell emerged. 

Nutri-Salt™ comprises pure crystalline salt sourced from the mountainous regions of Southern India. Pristine mountain salt is regarded as superior to sea salt because 21st-century oceans are often polluted by oil spills, dioxins and mercury. 

Historical Use

The Ayurvedic medicinal tradition has existed for thousands of years. Salt has been an integral part of that approach and is included in many traditional remedies. There has only ever been one salt that has been used in this ancient system – that salt is now marketed as Nutri-Salt™.

To order or learn more, call NTS on (07) 5472 9900 or email sales@nutri-tech.com.au.

Certificate in Nutrition Farming

Our next iconic, five-day Certificate in Nutrition Farming® course is scheduled for November 2026: Monday 2nd - 6th.

Our last course was attended by growers and consultants from six countries. It was a wonderful learning opportunity where attendees enjoyed a wealth of education and inspiration from both our presenters and their fellow attendees. We only accept 40 bookings for these courses, so please register if you would like to attend.