kwg Co-founder
Jacinta Monck
Our Local Connections
KWG is located in the heartlands of the Dampier Peninsula, in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia. Through our connections from our Co-Founder, the Late Leonard James O'Meara ( RIP), we have his Blessings to carry on the amazing business that he built alongside his Co-Founder Jacinta and their two sons and two daughters.
To build a livelihood from the culmination of our hard work, bush knowledge and ability to connect with both traditional roots and the mainstream and create products that assist people to attain and maintain high levels of good health and wellbeing, through the wild harvest, production, packaging and marketing of this world famous traditional Superfruit and respecting the sacred medicinal aspects of the Kakadu Plum in every step of our Artisan Quality process.
Our relationship with Aboriginal Harvesters is of vital importance because we understand and honour the “on the ground” hard bush work that they do to supply the best fruit in the world. The harvest time is in the season of Mankal (wet and stormy, Dec-Feb) and harvesters are working in extreme weather conditions in remote bush locations on the Dampier Peninsula WA. Through the purchase of fruit this helps our wider community to have a meaningful economic future with an independent income stream. Harvesters are fairly and equitably paid for their important and hard work in gathering Australia’s own native super food. Any profits flow back into our community and region.
Choosing Us
When you choose to purchase KWG products you are guaranteed the provenance and chain of custody of the products and also the guarantee our pure Gubinge Powder is fruit flesh only (no seeds, no preservatives, no additives) and made to Australian/NZ Food Standards in our certified and purpose built Gubinge Laboratory.
Scientific studies have proven the super food status of the Gubinge fruit, from the richest source of Vitamin C on the planet to having some of the most powerful antioxidants in high quantities such as Ellagic and Gallic acid in a form ready to be up taken by the body.
KWG is one of the lowest carbon footprints of any Gubinge (Kakadu Plum) production on the market. Because KWG is situated in the heartlands of the wild Gubinge orchards and also 95 % powered by Solar Power. Our Land Care techniques ensure the health and protection of the wild trees.
Land Care
Through the use of traditional land care practices and new technology we sustainably harvest Gubinge from the Dampier Peninsula aiming to protect and sustain the wild native orchards through ways such as traditional fire practices, cool season burns, weed management and new ways such as our KWG Savannah Enrichment and Landcare Program. KWG, growing over 1000 Gubinge seedlings using seed only from our area. These young trees are being planted into wild bushland to enrich existing land that has been damaged by late season hot fires over many years on and around our property. These trees will fend for themselves once planted and will grow wild. This is a fairly new concept with the aim of helping to make our industry sustainable as well as continue the biodiversity of our region.
