Faces Behind Food -Prana Produce
Faces Behind Food – Falani & Olivier – Living Earth Farm
Long before they were farmers, Falani and Olivier were chefs. They spent years in busy kitchens on opposite sides of the world, learning what it takes to turn good ingredients into something memorable. They came to understand what “fresh” truly means and […]
Faces Behind Food – Geoff – Jerrabatt Gully Organics
Geoff did not start his working life on a farm. He spent twenty-one years as a CSIRO scientist before he and Colleen moved to their present property, “Brook Valley” in Wamboin, in 1994. The following year, they began growing vegetables commercially under the name Jerrabatt […]
Well, the Bungendore Harvest Festival is done and dusted for another year!
This year’s festival celebrated the theme of Co-operative Eating, with representatives from local food and farming co-operatives joining us at the launch dinner at Scrumpers Kitchen in Bungendore. SHA legend Ruth provided a wonderful meal while our community heard about the joys and benefits […]
Southern Harvest is very excited to have a brand new community store in Bungendore! This store is right in the middle of town, on the corner of the village square which puts us in a great position to service the local Bungendore community. We have also relocated the weekly Saturday farmers market to the village […]
Southern Harvest has been in the media over the past couple of weeks with all sorts of exciting things happening.
This year SHA is proud to auspice the events of the Truffle Season. This means we will endeavour to collate the wide variety of […]
Harvest Festival is here again and the 2023 festival is gearing up to be bigger and better than ever!
Harvest Festival is not only the main fundraising opportunity for Southern Harvest, but also a fantastic way for us to bring the community together. We love creating connections between producers and consumers, and […]
Truffles require a very specific climate to grow and we are lucky to live in a place that satisfies all their requirements. Damp Autumn weather, proper cold frosts, and sunny Winter days all contribute to the development of these mushroomy tubers.
Traditionally grown in the colder regions of France and Italy, Tuber melanosporum […]
I’m not sure how much introduction Sam needs around these parts, but if you haven’t met her yet, meet Sam our *new * market manager and community stall coordinator at SHA.
Sam’s not really new around here, in fact she was the very first market manager at SHA […]
No matter how you shuffle the deck, each farming season will bring with it a fresh batch of challenges, and it’s less about figuring it all out than it is about developing resilience, learning to ride the waves, find peace in chaos and then sharing this learning to build a strong community support network. It […]
