Join our exclusive Medicinal Honey Forest™ Grower 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 with a regenerative 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. Our new closed loop model is restoring the land biomass, replanting cleared bushland, creating new biodiverse habitat for all pollinators, flora and fauna while capturing CO2 emissions. It’s also creating careers, regional jobs and projects particularly for young people, 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 5+ 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 - 50-70kg 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 has first right to buy your Manuka honey at a slightly discounted rate to current market price per MGO point, in return for ongoing mentorship. |
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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.
