Food Miles Matter. Now More Than Ever
Why the distance your beef travels should be part of the conversation — and what we’re doing about it.
Most people don’t think about how far their food has travelled to reach them. Until something happens to make them notice.
Over recent times, global shipping disruptions, rising fuel costs and ongoing conflict across key trade routes have quietly pushed the price of imported food higher. The supermarket shelf looks the same. The bill doesn’t.
For anyone paying attention, it raises a simple question: where exactly does this come from, and how did it get here?
What Food Miles Actually Mean
Food miles measure the distance food travels from where it is produced to where it is eaten.
The further it travels, the more fuel, refrigeration and logistics are consumed along the way. When beef crosses continents before reaching your plate, those miles carry a cost: environmental, financial, and increasingly, a matter of supply chain reliability.
When global routes are disrupted, locally produced food doesn’t flinch. It was never dependent on them.
Our Distance Is Measured in Kilometres
At Merilli Angus, our cattle are raised on open pasture at Currency Creek on the Fleurieu Peninsula — just over an hour south of Adelaide.
From this paddock to your door, the journey is short, transparent, and entirely within South Australia. No international shipping. No cold chain spanning three countries. No fuel surcharge buried in a price you didn’t see coming.
Just beef raised carefully on grass, processed locally, and delivered direct.
Raised the Right Way. No Shortcuts.
Our Angus cattle graze slowly on nutrient-rich pasture using regenerative farming practices designed to improve soil health and support the land we consider ourselves custodians of, not owners.
What ends up on your plate reflects that:
100% grass-fed and finished. No added hormones. Raised on open Fleurieu pasture. Processed and handled entirely within South Australia.
The result is beef with real depth of flavour and tenderness, the kind that comes from time, not intervention.
The Farm Behind the Food
For those who want to go further, Merilli1885 is here.
Our restored 1885 heritage stone cottage sits on the same working property where our Angus herd is raised. Guests arrive to open paddocks, quiet mornings and the particular satisfaction of knowing exactly where their food comes from because they can see it from the verandah.
It’s a different kind of connection to what you eat. And once you’ve experienced it, the supermarket alternative is hard to go back to.
Choose Closer
In uncertain times, choosing locally raised beef isn’t just a lifestyle preference. It’s a practical one.
It supports regional farmers and communities. It removes unnecessary complexity from your food supply. And it delivers something that travelled food rarely can: genuine quality, at the source.
The world is complicated right now. Your beef doesn’t have to be.
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