Winners of Champion Australian Produce and Champion Australian Fresh Produce, Terra Preta Truffles is a family-run business, and that family extends further than Kate, Peter, Keith, Rita and Gus Marshall. The dogs – Sal, Shadow, Buffy, Aldo and Little Bill, the trees, the soil and the chef are all family too.
Located in Braidwood, NSW, the Marshalls have been restoring degraded landscapes and planting forests for three decades and have studied extensively the ecological requirements of the fungi family.
“Our operation has restored hundreds of hectares of forest and wetland, captured tens of thousands of tonnes of carbon and filtered millions of tonnes of water,” said Peter Marshall.
“It was a pleasure to discover fungi which were good for trees and soil, as well as being sought after by discerning chefs.”
Discovering the aromatic fungus can be tricky though, and requires the keen sense of smell from the Marshall’s brood of dogs, to search for the truffles.
For Terra Preta Truffles, winning Champion Australian Produce and Champion Australian Fresh Produce at the 2016 Australian Food Awards confirms that they are definitely on the right track and the business will continue to grow.
“Our overseas customers want far more AAA truffle than we currently produce, so we plan to plant more healthy forests and culture more truffles to keep up with the demand.”
You can purchase multi-award-winning Terra Preta Truffles from Epic Markets Canberra and Madame Truffle in Melbourne and Sydney or for trade and export from CEO Group Sydney and Friend and Burrell Melbourne.