Fat Goose Fruits

Family owned and operated by the Howie family, Fat Goose Fruits is the recipient of a $500,000 grant as part of Woolworth Organic Growth Fund program. The grant will provide a kickstart towards the Howie’s plans to construct a new fruit packing shed and equip it with state-of-the-art grading equipment.

Located at Renmark, South Australia, Humphrey and Michelle, together with their son Laurence, produce an assortment of organically grown citrus fruit, as well as other fruit and nut varieties.

With an increasingly diverse mix of fruit crops, the Howie’s will invest their funds to build and fit out a new packing facility so they can keep up with current demand and allow future expansion according to Laurence Howie.

“Our packing shed has been a major bottleneck to our business and in recent years has been holding us back. It suited our needs 20 years ago but as we have expanded, diversified our crops and converted more of the property to organic, it just can’t keep up.”

“We are so appreciative of the Woolworths Organic Growth Fund. It has given us confidence that there is demand for our organic produce and to keep investing in our farm and working towards more organically produced fruit” Laurence said.