Li Kui Meets Li Gui

January 9, 2026 3 min read

January 9th was an exceptionally hot day, and some distressing things happened at our bayberry farm.

As usual, we started picking bayberries early, then sorting, packing, and delivering to the supermarket. One round finished by 1 PM. The supermarket manager anxiously showed us a WeChat group message, with identical text and pictures, but the price was not our retail price. Clearly, this was not our product. The supermarket manager was also under immense pressure, on one hand from customers asking: "Why is the same product so expensive here?" and on the other hand from the boss scolding: "How did you choose the goods?"

Actually, the products are different. Currently, our 200g packaging only contains "Heitan" bayberries. We haven't started selling 200g of pure sweet small fruits yet; we are about to launch this type of small fruit.

We patiently explained that this was not our product, but we couldn't blame the customers or the manager, because indeed, all bayberry farms use the same packaging box. This brings us to the origin of Australian bayberries (I will write another article introducing the story of Australian bayberries).

(This is the registered trademark for Australian bayberries. All bayberries must use this logo.)

(Pude Bayberry Farm's organic bayberries come with our QR code)

So, even if we gain independent operating rights, we must still use the bayberry logo. Therefore, we can only choose to use this tag box. We just never expected that even though the bayberry varieties we sell and our cultivation methods are different (because we visit each other's bayberry farms, and we also interact with the sole Western distributor, and to our knowledge, they are not organic growers), there would be a large number of WeChat group messages on the market falsely using our organic descriptions and images.

I also quickly contacted several group leaders who were running these messages and informed them that these were our product images. If they plagiarized our images, it would be illegal in Australia. They all stated that these images were provided by their distributors. I hope they can replace the product images.

Actually, many of our customers move me deeply: when picking, they saw many fallen fruits and offered us suggestions; some customers even picked up fruits from the ground, feeling it was such a waste; some customers insisted that I count the money again in front of them, afraid they had paid me too little, saying: "This is your hard-earned money."

I once chatted with a beekeeper friend about how we both rely on nature for our livelihoods. Honestly, being a farmer is not easy. But in today's society, who has it easy? Everyone faces difficulties.

Actually, the bayberry farms here have a good relationship, and we also have a good relationship with their sole Western distributor. We are currently at the forefront, experimenting with new bayberry tree management and sales methods to help them solve the current bayberry bottleneck issues. If we succeed, perhaps more bayberry farms will open in the future, producing more and better bayberries.

I know there are many misunderstandings, and we also know that many supermarkets are unaware of this story. However, if you are reading this article, and your supply channel is not Pude Bayberry Farm, and your distributor is not our authorized distributor (

Authorized distributors are as follows:

JY Food
Fulin Supermarket
Vermont Fresh

Then please do not use the text and pictures from our website. Screenshots are easy, downloads are easy, but the effort and dedication we put into our products are not. If the product you receive does not have our website QR code and farm address, then the product you received is not our organic bayberry. We hope that we can collectively maintain an orderly environment and that the bayberry industry in Victoria will continue to develop successfully.