Kids Harvest Over 300 kg’s of Mushrooms at the 2018 Good Friday Appeal
What an incredible day with our team of volunteers harvesting fresh BROWN & WHITE mushrooms directly off their growing beds at the Good Friday Appeal Kids Day Out. This year, the fundraising event took place on Friday 30th March at the Melbourne Exhibition Buildings with Costa invited by Woolworths to provide support. Located within the Woolworths […]
Costa Supports FareShare’s mission to rescue surplus food used to cook free, nutritious meals for Victorians doing it tough.
“Every year, 3.6 million Australians will experience food insecurity. But, over the same period, we’ll also waste more than 360kg of food for every man, woman and child in the nation. This doesn’t make any sense. FareShare is tackling the tragedy head on by rescuing surplus, quality food from supermarkets, farmers and other businesses and cooking […]
Employees at Costa Mushroom farm are energised by Miguel Maestre’s visit
On Tuesday 27th February, Costa Mushrooms held an employee engagement day to celebrate the cultural diversity of the Mernda team. Miguel Maestre, energetic Celebrity Chef & Australian Mushroom Ambassador entertained staff demonstrating how to create his famous Mushroom “Alla Maestre” Paella dish with help from volunteers from the crowd. In keeping with the Spanish theme, we […]
NOW Festival Nagambie March 2018
This year, Nagambie on Water celebrated its 11th annual community festival with Costa a proud supporter for its 10th consecutive year. Costa operates & supports regional communities in which it operates and Nagambie is one of them. The Nagambie farm plays a vital role in the making of compost for Costa’s mushroom growing operations located […]
Costa scholarships support agricultural study
Growing up in Ulverstone and working during school holidays on his uncle’s crop and livestock farm, Dylan Bellchambers has agriculture in his blood. Dylan is the 2018 recipient of the Costa North-West Scholarship in Agricultural Science, worth $10,000 a year for four years for a student studying agricultural science at the University of Tasmania. Dylan, […]
Costa provides boost for Produce to the People
Costa has thrown its support behind Produce to the People with $10,000 of funding to support the ongoing operation of the organisation. Costa, one of the North-West region’s largest employers, has been donating berries and mushrooms to Produce to the People since 2016 and believes Produce to the People makes an outstanding contribution to the […]
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Costa congratulates Produce to the People
Produce to the People, a social enterprise that provides fresh produce to thousands of people in need across North-West Tasmania has been named the Tasmanian Community Group of the Year. Produce to the People received the Ricoh Business Centre Hobart Community Group of the Year Award at a gala event in Hobart. Produce to the […]
Costa plant breeder leads development of new blueberry varieties
From a small office on a ‘farm’ at Corindi on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, plant breeder Jessica Scalzo is leading the development of new blueberry varieties now being grown and sold around the globe. Dr Scalzo is the Variety Improvement Manager for the Costa Berry Category and is overseeing a program […]
Costa supports calls for trade access into China for Australian blueberry industry
Blueberries were on the menu in Parliament House Canberra this week as Costa and the Australian blueberry industry continued its push to gain trade access for blueberry exports into the growing Chinese market. Projected demand for blueberries in China is anticipated to grow at 20 per cent a year, yet Australian producers do not currently […]