Join our exclusive Manuka Tree MHF™ Growers Program
When you partner with us you will receive:
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We are changing the way Australian Manuka Honey is produced and marketed within a farming model that produces a diversified income stream.
Our Australian Leptospermum plants that produce this special honey, the naturally occurring native manuka have been largely wiped out over decades of land clearing to make way for intensive agriculture. Gather By, together with community growers, First Nations people and landholders are replanting this native tree along the east coast of Australia.
Known as the Medicinal Manuka Honey Forest ™ (MHF), the planting model combines a biodiverse selection of highly-active Australian Leptospermum together with bee fodder plants.This combination nourishes and keeps the bees ‘in situ’ healthy and strong. This new closed loop model is restoring the native manuka forests, and creating new biodiverse habitat for all pollinators, flora and fauna. It’s also creating careers, regional jobs and projects, First Nations people and farmers.
Australian farmers, growers, beekeepers and people in the honey industry are rolling up their sleeves and working with us to build new agribusiness models producing medicinal honey.
If you are interested in joining us to create a secure and enduring supply of medicinal and therapeutic Australian Manuka Honey.
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KEY METRICS
| LAND | BEES | EXCHANGE |
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Minimum 10+ Ha cleared and flat land 2Meg irrigation per Ha per annum 1,250 plants per Ha at 4M rows x 2M plant spacing 10-30% specialised beefodder plantings $4 / Plant+GST Flowering Y2 first production Y3, full production Y5 |
5 Hives per Ha at full production Y5 onwards Main nectar flow is approx 4 months (Sep-Dec) Volume estimate per hive - 30-50kg based on seasonal variations You will need to be a beekeeper, or want to learn beekeeping, or partner with a local beekeeper. |
Gather By has an active Manuka Grower Program available - we offer exclusive access to purchasing tubestock of our bioactive Manuka species (Minimum commercial quantities apply), and receiving guidance until you reach full production, Gather By will purchase your Manuka honey on first right of refusal at current market price per MGO point, |
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HOW TO APPLY
1 Please complete our MHF™ Grower Program Application
2 We will contact you to assess your site and confirm suitability for MHF™
3 We will work with you to establish costs and honey production estimates
4 On agreeing to move forward, we will work with you to put in place a Grower Agreement
5 On executing the agreement, we will plan the creation stages of your MHF™
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Years of extensive research and development have helped us develop ways to produce a rare, pure and potent Manuka Honey from the pristine native Australian plants, and support growers, communities and nature in the process.
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Not quite ready to start? Refer someone who might be interested and earn through our REFERRAL PROGRAM:
💡 Earn $0.30 per tree for every successful signed project of 10 hectares or more that you refer.
contact: sheia (at) gatherby.org
