Springfield Farm Fresh Produce - McCallum Family
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Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce. – Jeremiah 29:5 (ESV) McCallum Family with their draft horse [PHOTO SOURCE: https://maps.app.goo.gl/GiMm1XG6suX6Mkvk8] BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-mccallums-one-of-australias-few.html BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-mccallums-and-their-community.html BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-mccallum-family-musical-group.html |
The McCallum Family in Springfield, Northeast Tasmania, are one of Australia’s few Amish Mennonites families. The more I read about them, I feel they are like the New Order Amish or the Beachy Amish Mennonites.
They follow the 4 core values of the Anabaptist Trio: faith, family, community and simple life. This family have inspired me to learn from them. The first blog post I did on them was an introduction, the second blog post was about their community life where they bought the St Paul’s Sunday School and the third blog post was about them as a Family Musical Group.
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If you are passing through, make sure you visit Springfield Farm Fresh Produce - Tasman Hwy Springfield [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.instagram.com/p/DFMWgRQpf2a/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link] https://www.instagram.com/p/DFMWgRQpf2a/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&img_index=1 |
This blog post about their family business – Spring Farm Fresh Produce, a roadside stall. I will post photos of their farming life with quotes and bible verses. I will give my thoughts at the end of the blog.
Springfield Farm Fresh
Produce - McCallum Family Roadside Stall If you work just for
money, you'll never make it, but if you love what you're doing and you always
put the customer first, success will be yours. - Ray Kroc Springfield Farm Fresh
Produce - McCallum Family Roadside Stall
The family that works
together, eats together, and prays together, stays together. – Amish Proverb Meet the McCallums, one of Australia's few Amish families Ever wanted to not just slow down, but jump off the grid? A family
leaves behind the trappings of the 21st century to lead a simple, pious life in
rural Tasmania. Springfield Farm Fresh
Produce - McCallum Family [PHOTO SOURCE: https://maps.app.goo.gl/r9BLz6rNjPR59YG99] BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-mccallums-one-of-australias-few.html BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-mccallums-and-their-community.html BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-mccallum-family-musical-group.html
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14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; 15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart. – Psalm 104:14-15 (KJV) Gregory McCallum ploughs the field with his draft horses BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-mccallums-one-of-australias-few.html BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-mccallums-and-their-community.html BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-mccallum-family-musical-group.html |
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23 And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always. – Deuteronomy 14:23 (KJV) Gregory McCallum ploughs the field with his draft horses BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-mccallums-one-of-australias-few.html BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-mccallums-and-their-community.html BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-mccallum-family-musical-group.html |
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Love Is Work Working together with others is the best way to test our faith, to find out whether or not we are ready to live a life of Christian fellowship. Work is the crucial test of faith because such a life can come into being only where people work for love. Love demands action, and the only really valid action is work. Christian fellowship means fellowship in work... Talk, May 1934 By Eberhard Arnold https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/07/eberhard-arnold-on-simple-living.html PHOTO CAPTION: McCallum Family with their draft horse [PHOTO SOURCE: https://maps.app.goo.gl/GiMm1XG6suX6Mkvk8] |
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There are things money can't buy and hard work can't win. One of them is happiness. - Ray Kroc [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1275269] |
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All money means to me is a pride in accomplishment. - Ray Kroc [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/ray_kroc_153490] For Ray Kroc, "all money means to me is a pride in accomplishment," emphasizing that financial gain was a byproduct of his hard work and dedication to building McDonald's, not the primary motivation. His focus was on achieving quality and consistency, putting the customer first, and fostering success through the efforts of his team rather than just personal wealth. |
MY THOUGHTS:
Like other Amish Mennonites, the McCallums have a good business. As they are normally busy from December to April (most farmers in Australia are busy during those months), they are doing a good job.
“None of us is as good
as all of us.” – Ray Kroc [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/albertgarritmcd_mcfamily-activity-6718471653426245632-Rtcz] The quote by McDonald's
founder Ray Kroc is: "None of us is as good as all of us". This
saying emphasizes the power of teamwork and collective effort, suggesting that
a group's combined strength and abilities surpass the individual contributions
of its members
As Ray Kroc mentioned above, the McCallums work together as a team, that is why they have a successful business.
If you happen to be in Springfield, near Scottsdale in Northeast Tasmania, do buy from them, I recommend it.
Here is the address: 35917 Tasman Hwy, Springfield TAS 7260
BECOMING THE PLAIN PEOPLE LINKS:
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. - J. R. R. Tolkien
The McCallums – One of Australia’s few Amish families
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-mccallums-one-of-australias-few.html
The Church At Springfield
https://thechurchatspringfield.com.au/
True community arises out of transformation, and only transformation can make real community. – Eberhard Arnold
The McCallums and their community
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-mccallums-and-their-community.html
“I make music to touch the souls of people as it’s a language we all can speak.” — Andre Rieu
The McCallum Family Musical Group
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-mccallum-family-musical-group.html
Piano Tuner Compass
https://vimeo.com/539429269/5a910346a1
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