From Legacy to Purpose: How It All Started
We’re James and Janelle — farmers, parents, and big believers that food should be real, not rebranded.
Our story starts over a century ago, on a cattle property passed down through generations since 1903.
It’s where we learned the value of hard work, clean food, and leaving the land better than we found it.
In 2019, we moved closer to town so our kids could stay home instead of heading off to boarding school.
While continuing to work with cattle, we also began growing mangoes and limes — diving headfirst into fruit farming.
From Waste to Purpose: Why We Bought Tropical Harvest
Then came mango season, 2022.
Truckloads of good fruit left to rot.
Not because it wasn’t tasty. Not because it wasn’t ripe.
But because it didn’t fit a supermarket’s idea of “perfect.”
That was the turning point.
We didn’t just want to grow fruit anymore — we had to do something with it.
So in 2023, we took a leap and bought Tropical Harvest — a small local business originally based in Tully, North Queensland, known for drying fruit the slow, natural way.
We’ve since moved the entire operation to our family-run facility in Dimbulah, where we now dry, pack, and ship everything ourselves — using the mangoes and limes we grow, along with fruit from other Aussie farms that would’ve otherwise gone to waste.
Today, cattle, mangoes, limes, and our slow-drying fruit work all remain part of our farming life — each playing a role in the story we share through Tropical Harvest
Every Bite Tells a Better Story
When you choose Tropical Harvest, you're doing more than buying a snack.
You're backing real people, real farms, and a better way forward for food.
You’re saying no thanks to chemical-laced “fruit” pretending to be healthy.
And hell yes to food that actually nourishes your family and doesn’t mess with your values.
Thanks for being part of the change.
Every bite tells a better story.
