Freshcare First-Hand

Barden Farms – Peats Ridge, Central Coast NSW

Freshcare’s Standards support businesses and producers across Australia to implement our programs throughout their complex operations.

The Freshcare team joined certified participants to showcase the incredible work they do providing consumers with high-quality produce from paddock to pallet, to plate.

Keep scrolling to learn more about Barden Farms, providing Australians with fresh leafy greens, vegetables and Asian herbs.

Barden Farms

Barden Farms operates across Queensland, NSW and Tasmania with the Peats Ridge (NSW) facility focused on growing herbs and Asian vegetables under plastic and shade cloth, ensuring high-quality production.

Supplying major retailers such as Woolworths, Coles, and Aldi daily, Barden Farms prioritises Freshcare certification as a key component of its operations.

Protecting Industry and Consumers

Freshcare certification is important to Barden Farms because we care about the consumer, we care about food safety.
It has enabled us to implement the right food safety standards every day in the fields and our packing sheds — essentially in everything we do.

Steve Mounsey, Barden Farms National Sales Director

Leafy greens and bunch lines are often considered high-risk food products, but through implementing Freshcare’s program it maintains their high bar set for food safety.

Barden Farms is a great example of a business implementing the Freshcare Food Safety and Quality program ensuring every step — from growing to packing — meets the highest standards of care.

“Through Freshcare, we’re able to achieve the right food safety standards that exist globally,” says Steve.

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The Future of the Industry

It’s important that we understand when we talk about the future of our industry that we don’t overregulate.
If we’ve got good sound practices in place that provides safe food for families every night, why do we have to introduce more?

Steve Mounsey, Barden Farms National Sales Director

The horticulture industry is evolving, and Freshcare certification plays a significant role in supporting businesses to remain competitive while ensuring food safety and sustainability.

“The industry, as it stands, is well-supported and that helps us evolve and grow,” says Steve.

By maintaining Freshcare certification, Barden Farms ensures that Australian consumers have access to safe, fresh and sustainably grown produce every day.