Mount Zero

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Mount Zero are farmers market regulars for many years. Their farm is certified biodynamic and located out near the Grampians in west victoria. The Mount Zero core principals are regionalism, sustainability and quality, all very very good things.
They produce amazing olives, olive oil, tapenade,
beetroot and orange relish, and dukkah as well as supporting and distributing produce from neighbourjnh farms. I bought a huge jar of Gordal green olives, locally grown biodynamic chickpeas and pink lake salt. The salt is hand harvested from a natural salt lake in Dimboola, north west Victoria. The mount zero man (I'm sorry I don't know your name!) told me that he goes up there himself with a shovel and collects it. I've been buying this salt sometimes but it's so wonderful to learn more about it, move over Himalayan crystal salt we've got a new food mile friend!

50km from the Mount Zero Olive grove, in Western Victoria is a large pink salt lake.  The lake is fed by natural salt aquifers and each summer dries to reveal a bed of salmon pink salt.  Mount Zero and the lake's traditional owners, the Barengi Gadjin Land Council, have been working together to hand harvest a small amount of salt from the lake each year.