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After two decades Henry has ‘the’ fruit Kiwiberry challenges don’t deter Gembrook farmer Ĺ°
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THEY say you should not mix business with pleasure – but nobody told Henry Bartosiewicz that. He has spent two decades planting, developing and challenging Australian consumers to love his produce – because, to him, they are the perfect fruit. “We are growing the most nutritionally dense fruit on the planet,� he enthuses. “They are nature at her o QHVW q WKH EOXHEHUU\ RI WKH future.� Henry is talking about the kiwiberry, a grape sized version of the more commonly known kiwi fruit – but with RQH GHo QLQJ GLIIHUHQFH “If you could take the normal kiwi, and re-design it, I think most people would o UVWO\ WDNH DZD\ WKH IX]]\ hair on the outside, then
maybe up the sugar content, introduce more tantalising p DYRXUV DGG FRORXU WR WKH VNLQ DQG p HVK JLYH DGGHG nutrition and make them fun size,� Henry said. “That’s exactly what a kiwiberry is – a bite sized fruit ready to eat, the same as any other berry.� Kiwiberries originated in the sub-arctic circle, and are now most commonly produced in New Zealand, Europe and USA. Henry and his family own the only commercial kiwiberry farm in Australia. A researcher at heart, Henry looked long and hard before settling on his crop of choice; dismissing both native Australian bush foods and red dragon fruit before settling on the kiwiberry.
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