Totara Hills - Grant & Charlotte Bennett
Totara Hill is nestled under the Tararua ranges 15km north west of Eketahuna. It comprises of 400 cows in a mixed farm system which grazers 220ha of land. Owners of five years are Grant & Charlotte Bennett and there three children. When first approached to supply Eketahuna milk we saw it ticked a lot of our boxes of being sustainable with the glass bottles and high traceability of the milk with purchasers knowing the cows will be well looked after whilst farming with environmental sustainability a top priority. We see ourselves as...
Glenburn Station
John and Helen McFadzean own and run Glenburn Station along with their son Lochie. Steve left school and worked for John and Helen on their home property that another son Johnnie now runs with his wife Laura and their four sons. Glenburn Station and the McFadzean family were an obvious choice as our business expanded due to being family friends but more importantly due to the fact that they have been breeding top quality stock for over 40 years. A lot of the Angus beef and lamb that ECM now sells comes from this beautiful coastal station- often...
Freedom Farms
All of our pork products come from the Freedom Farms group- We believe in the same animal welfare standards that they do so it was a simple choice for us when we were looking for a pork supplier. We buy the pork as whole carcass's and then process them the old fashioned way, the hams aren't over pumped and full of water and we dry cure the bacon so that what you get is what you eat- it won't shrivel away in front of your eyes as the water cooks out of it. To find out more about how their pork is raised head to...
Don Luciano
Don Luciano café and coffee roastery brings a splash of Central American colour to the Wairarapa. Owner Marvin Guerrero moved to the region over 15 years ago, he’s from Honduras, the largest coffee producer in Central America. Coffee production and the art of making the best coffee has been a part of Marvins life since he was very young. His Grandfather and coffee lover, Don Luciano (his cafe’s namesake) was a farmer and grew coffee in La Esperanza, in the Intibucá region of Honduras. This is one...
Kingsmead Cheese
After a lot of customer feedback asking for additional dairy products and especially cheese we knew there was not point in us trying to reinvent the "wheel". Outstanding cheese producers Janet and Miles King were the only choice for us. Apart from the fact that Pip grew up on the farm nearby to Miles and Janet and has known them all her life - Kingsmead cheese has a reputation both within the Wellington region and nationally as one of the premier artesian producers in New Zealand. Making the Cheese Working in the factory...
Wairarapa Eggs
We make sure they are well fed with quality grain and have plenty of fresh water all day every day. Free Range hens at Wairarapa Eggs have access to the great range full of bugs, places to dust-bath, shelter and shade. The thing with chickens though is that sometimes they do actually prefer to be in a sheltered and protected spot such as a barn, particularly at night-time, away from the weather and potential predators. So we provide our Free Range birds with access to warm, well-insulated and clean barns with freedom to dust-bath,...
