Ihave produce on my mind. Avocados to smash on toast, ginger to tackle a cold and green vegetables my children will love to hate.

For the past week, I’ve been preoccupied with getting through an enormous box of fresh vegetables, fruit and eggs that didn’t come from the big two supermarkets. Pumpkin soup, zucchini slice and countless salads later, I am down to a fruit bowl’s worth of produce that is still in good nick.

This thanks to Box Divvy, a direct-from-farm co-op that promises fresh produce about 30 per cent the price of supermarkets. Its marketing urges customers to “unsupermarket”.

With about 330 branches in NSW and the ACT, Box Divvy this month opened its first Melbourne “hub” in the hilly north-eastern suburb of Templestowe. It plans to open in Croydon North, Sunbury and Berwic

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