THE CAMBINATA BUSINESS STORY
Cambinata Yabbies – fresh from dams on West Australian farms – are served in some of the finest restaurants in Australia and around the world. The family business was formed in 1991 by Mary and Michael Nenke, who ran a wheat and sheep farm near the tiny Wheatbelt town of Kukerin. Michael’s longtime hobby had been catching yabbies, but a telephone call from a friend trying to source the crustaceans for a Perth restaurant turned his pastime into a thriving business. The yabbies are sourced from farms in across the wheatbelt and Great Southern of Western Australia and marketed to the world.
The Nenke family has been farming since 1914. Michael and Mary initially spread yabbies across the dams on the family property in 1969 in order to supply their own table with the delicious crustacean. During the eighties, Michael started to farm them for some additional income. In 1991, Australia was experiencing the “recession it had to have.” With four of their six children being educated in the city, the Nenkes were spending more money on education than they were were making. Their eldest son, Paul, caught 50 kilograms of yabbies intending to sell them to wholesalers, however they were returned to the dam due to oversupply in the market.
THE CAMBINATA YABBIES
Cambinata is a pioneer in the yabby farming industry. Since business started in 1991, Cambinata has been responsible for training more than 1200 farmers in the production of superior quality yabbies. These yabbies are all grain-fed and are harvested using traps. To ensure that you receive the best quality product, we make sure we know where every yabby was caught, and maintain the cold chain from farmer to consumer.
Cambinata’s yabbies are available in plentiful supply during the seven months from mid-November to mid-May. Better still, by developing new farming techniques to improve productivity, particularly during the off-season, we can supply on demand all year round. Wherever you are in the world, we can deliver fresh, live yabbies via air freight.
A healthy environment is important, and careful processing is vital. Yabbies are processed in Cambinata’s quality-assured factory under strict supervision, using the most advanced technology available in the industry. Our massive, state-of-the-art refrigerated tank stores the yabbies in crystal clear water, and assures a continuous supply of prime quality yabbies. They are carefully packed in polystyrene boxes for transport, and frozen gel packs keep the product chilled to the perfect temperature whilst in transit. On arrival, to ensure maximum storage life, you simply refrigerate them (2–8 °C). They will survive, live, for at least seven days in refrigeration.
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Cambinata is a pioneer in the yabby farming industry. Since business started in 1990, Cambinata has been responsible for training more than 700 farmers in the production of superior quality yabbies. These yabbies are all grain-fed and are harvested using traps. To ensure that you receive the best quality product, we make sure we know where every yabby was caught, and maintain the cold chain from farmer to consumer.
Cambinata’s yabbies are available in plentiful supply during the seven months from mid-November to mid-May. Better still, by developing new farming techniques to improve productivity, particularly during the off-season, we can supply on demand all year round. Wherever you are in the world, we can deliver fresh, live yabbies via air freight.
A healthy environment is important, and careful processing is vital. Yabbies are processed in Cambinata’s quality-assured factory under strict supervision, using the most advanced technology available in the industry. Our massive, state-of-the-art refrigerated tank stores the yabbies in crystal clear water, and assures a continuous supply of prime quality yabbies. They are carefully packed in polystyrene boxes for transport, and frozen gel packs keep the product chilled to the perfect temperature whilst in transit. On arrival, to ensure maximum storage life, you simply refrigerate them (2–8 °C). They will survive, live, for at least seven days in refrigeration.
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