Nationwide
Woolworths
At selected Woolies stores, the range and reliability of organic
fresh produce keeps growing. And in the grocery section organic liquorice,
black Thai rice, cereals and grains are now available. If you haven’t
yet, you must try the superb hand-crafted organic cheddar.
Western Cape
Cape Peninsula
Organica
Craig 082 556 5390
This organic produce delivery service allows you to choose from
what is available each week. Product offerings are e-mailed on Thursday,
you reply with your selection by Sunday and on Monday your box is
delivered to your doorstep. Everything is seasonal and local and often
veggies like spinach and carrots have been harvested just that morning!
Organic Living
39 Constantia Road, Wynberg
(021) 797 1123
Mon to Fri 8:30-17:30 Sat 8:30-15:00
This new gem is brimming with good-for-you products from biodynamic
cocoa to cold-pressed coconut oil. The buffet can be boxed to go (you’ll
want to when you see it!) and how virtuous do tofu or apricot and quinoa
cake sound? Boxes of organic produce in small (for two) and large (for
four) boxes can also be bought.
Organics Alive
42 Palmer Street, Muizenberg
(021) 788 6012
Mon to Wed 9:00-16:00 Sat 9:00-13:00
Good things are happening here. Extensive organic meat means
boerewors, hamburger patties and spare ribs. Local, seasonal produce still
reigns and take-aways have taken off. There are little tubs of date and
honey, and halva organic ice-cream, home-made soups and whole-wheat pies
decorated with ‘M’ for mushroom, ‘V’ for veggie and so on. The
organic baby food is always in demand.
Zetler Pharmacy
12 Mill Street, Gardens
(021) 465 4217/8/ 465 4479
sandy@zetlerpharmacy.co.za
Mon to Fri 7:30-18:00 Sat
9:00-13:00
Thursday’s are busy at
Zetlers. It’s when your pre-ordered boxes of organic veggies – small
(R70), large (R120) – arrive from the farmlands of Robertson, along with
a weekly quota of Camphill’s yoghurt, cream, feta cheese and must-have
rye and hearth breads. Find Allganix Iced Tea in the fridge and all manner
of organic goodies on the shelves, including coffee, olive oil, molasses,
white maize meal, protein-rich quinoa and white, brown and wholewheat
flours.
West Coast
Camphill Village, West Coast
N7, 35km north from N1
(021)
572 2345
1st Sunday of each month 11:00-16:00
Select
your health food requirements from the vast choice of organic produce
available. The stalls on market day are stocked with fruit and vegetables
grown in the village as well as dairy products produced on the farm.
Neighbouring
organic suppliers sell preserves and sauces as well as sweet and savoury
baked goods. Organic meat and poultry products are also on offer.
Winelands
Allée Bleue Estate
Cnr
R45/R310, Groot
Drakenstein
(021)
874 1021
www.alleebleue.com
Mon
to Sun 8:00-17:00
An
avenue of blue hydrangeas and blue gums lead to this historic Groot
Drakenstein farm that produces organically grown herbs, and mini veg such
as marrows, sweetcorn and fine green beans. All, freshly picked, are
available, in season from Pickstones Nursery at the entrance to the
estate. An organic deli and fresh food market is planned for end 2005.
Eastern Cape
The Whole Food Store
91 Old Transkei Road, Nahoon, East London
(043) 735 1098
Mon to Fri 8:30-17:00 Sun 8:30-12:30
Browse to find legumes and
flours, including stoneground and organic white rye flour, bulgar, kasha
and 7-grain cereal. There’s smoked tofu and tofu ice cream,
cold-pressed oils, GMO-free soya milk powder and egg- and wheat-free
lasagne sheets. Informed staff give advice and recipe suggestions.
Valley Harvest
129 Sixth Avenue, Walmer,
Port Elizabeth
(041) 581 3486
Mon 8:30-17:30 Tues
8:30-22:00 Wed to Sat 8:30-22:00 Sun 8:30-14:00 Sat closed between
15:00-18:00
Gorgeous farmhouse loaves,
jams and honey, bakes and cakes catch your eye. Find grains, pulses,
pastas and flours. Also available is tofu, eggs, diabetic products, Asian
ingredients, cold pressed oils, nuts and seeds. Free-range chickens,
spring rolls and wonton wrappers are in the freezer.
KwaZulu Natal
Durban
Food For Thought
Richdon's Centre, Hillcrest
(031) 765 2071
Mon to Fri 8:00-17:00 Sat 8:00-13:00 Sun
9:00-13:00
An on-site stone grinder offering freshly ground rye, sorghum and mealie
meal is a focus at this health haven which highlights organic foods like
locally grown veggies, salads and juices. It is now run by iridologist/
sclerologist, Atri Wilson and health counselling is another big focus –
including advice about your pets.
Gauteng
Johannnesburg
Fruits and Roots
Cnr Lotsani & Komatie
roads, Emmarentia
(011) 646 4404
froots@global.co.za
Mon to Fri 9:00-17:00
Sat 9:00-15:00
Savour the calm and
wholesome atmosphere at the newly opened second branch of Jo’burg’s
unequivocally finest health shop. It’s a much smaller venue than the
Bryanston shop but you’ll find everything a health conscious shopper
could want – superb preservative-free dried fruit and nuts, an
exceptional selection of pulses, grains and flours, cheeses, organic
vegetables, wheat-free possibilities and more. They also keep the organic
Robert chocolate.
Greenlands
Shop 10, Parkview Centre,
54 Tyrone Avenue, Parkview
Mon to Fri 8:00-18:00 Sat
8:00-13:00
The range of health foods,
at this little venue, has grown enormously over the last year. It now
includes an excellent spice range, dried fruit and nuts (including the
very illusive dried cranberries), rice products of every description,
sugar and milk substitutes and wheat-free alternatives. Organic vegetables
arrive on Wednesdays and Fridays. The freezer is packed with frozen
vegetarian meals, the excellent Stonehaven organic chickens and tofu ice
cream. Goat’s milk yoghurt and organic cheeses fill the fridge. Friendly
service and nutritional advice make it popular with locals.
The Flower & Nut
Market
Shop 1 Carreira Centre
Cnr Pine and Republic Roads, Ferndale
(011) 787 6331
Mon to Fri 8:00-18:00 Sat 8:00-17:30 Sun 8:00-13:00
Tired of hunting down
health products in the darkest, least accessible corners of supermarkets?
Here ‘gluten-free’ is not a weird concept, and a rich abundance of
organic foods, pulses, grains, aloe products, nuts and fruit are proudly
centre-stage. ‘Big-name’ products share the limelight with home-made
jams and heavenly dried mangoes and dates.
Wensleydale Farms
(012) 650 0064
sue@wensleydale.co.za
Like a kid opening a lucky
packet I get a thrill opening my weekly box of certified organic
vegetables from Wensleydale. The vegetables seem to sparkle in a way that
conventional ones don’t. A new innovation is that for a small additional
fee, you can choose exactly what you want from the weekly list of what’s
available. They also offer an impressive list of organic add-ons like
olive oil, honey, raisins, Robert chocolate and superb feta cheese.
Mpumalanga/ Limpopo
Bahati Health &
Info
Sabi/
White River road intersection, White River
(013)
751 1679
Mon
to Fri 8:00-17:00 Sat
8:00-13:00
Marie
Diedericks dispenses advice along with her specialist range of diabetic
and health foods. Besides the abundance of dried fruit and nuts, you can
also purchase anything gluten-free, the Solgar range of vitamins, rice,
soya and oat milk, herbal salts, macadamia, avocado, walnut and grape seed
oils.
The Good Food Shop
HG
10, Absa Square, Nelspruit
(013)
755 1091
thegoodfs@telkomsa.net
Mon
to Fri 7:30-17:00 Sat
8:30-12:00
Linda
Reddin has created a modern, fresh looking context for baskets and shelves
that offer an amazing selection of dried fruit and nuts in all forms.
Experience the healthy alternative to fast food, and take home local jams,
oils, miniature savoury pies, breads and cakes. Linda also stocks health
products such as soya milk, rice milk and potato flour.
The
glossy annual, now in its sixth year of publication, is published by New Media Publishing, and went on sale in
September 2005. It is still available from selected Woolworths stores,
CNA, Exclusive Books, Spar, Checkers, farm stalls, delis and wine shops in
the Western Cape. A copy of Eat In will also be
distributed nationally with the March issue of Woolworths TASTE magazine,
due on shelf in the next couple of weeks.
