Lots. Let’s start with farmers not being paid well by major retail chains for the food they grow and raise for us. Then there’s excessive food imports that unfairly disadvantage not only Australian farmers and farm workers but our food processors as well. And about much of that imported food… do we really know how […]
Celebrate Fair Food Week on Saturday 15th October with a dinner menu full of seasonal, local and chemical free produce sourced from producers across the Capital Region.
Southern Harvest Association has been working hard to grow fresh food producers across the ACT and Southern NSW through education, community building, and our local farmers market in Bungendore. What better […]
It’s September and Spring is in the air, the birds are returning, the bees are buzzing, the air is alive with their noises and the smells of pollen and nectar. The plants have had so much water this Winter, they look like they are going to grow at a phenomenal rate.
We will see. I hear […]
Over an action packed week, FOOD STORIES examines that web of interactions within the food system of the hugely successful SAGE Farmers Market in Moruya.
Commencing at the Tuesday market, you will witness the extraordinary vitality of this enterprise. In a deliberate way we are starting at the end, at the market itself. From […]
A new Food Box Initiative is being started thanks to Canberra City Farm. It will be run from their site at Dairy Flat, near Fyshwick. They are currently looking for producers who would be interested in participating in the initiative – no washing or packaging of produce is required – the members will do […]
Buying seasonal food makes sense for a lot of reasons. Eating with the natural seasonal cycle means your food requires less resources to grow and often doesn’t need to be transported as far. That means it’s often cheaper, too.
Eating with the seasons makes eating well easy, because foods that come into season at the same […]
Poachers Pantry is a true regional food and wine experience. It is a small family run business that has grown from a producer of gourmet smoked meats to include a Smokehouse Café, Wily Trout cool climate wine range, farm shop, cellar door and rustic wedding location. If you haven’t visited Poachers Pantry at […]
Caroola Farm is a family-owned, permaculture-based, beyond organic, local-market farm near Bungendore. Penny and Paul produce a range of fruits, vegies, herbs, free range ducks, heritage chicken, beef, lamb and pork.
Head to the Southern Harvest Farmers Market in Bungendore on 26th March and pick up some of their fresh lamb.
A dash of organic […]
