Thinking about starting a dairy goat herd?
Whether you’re aiming to supply your household with fresh milk or simply bring a bit more personality to your paddock, starting a dairy goat herd takes planning. Goats are productive animals, but they’re also curious, clever, and full of character—often becoming the unexpected stars of the backyard. This introductory […]
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 […]
So you’re thinking about getting chickens? How exciting! First things first ... don’t rush into it, take time to think and plan, to choose.
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 […]
Southern Harvest is super delighted to be able to offer you the opportunity to Visit Three Wonderful local Farms in One Day!!
Alternative Life Learning Farm, Bent Shed Produce and Corang Estate Winery.
The day will start at 9am at An Alternative Life Learning Farm.
Southern Harvest Truffle Long Lunch
with Turralla Truffles and Corang Estate Wines
July 24th, 12pm
66 Turallo Terrace, Bungendore NSW
The 2022 Truffle Season is in full swing!! Tuber melanosporum, black winter truffle, is available for a short time each year and our region provides the perfect conditions for their growth – higher […]
Southern Harvest Members’ Passata Day
with Scrumpers Garden and AWOL
July 10th 11am-4pm
Wamboin NSW
Join us for a community day of cooking passata, bottling tomatoes, hand making pasta and cheese, and sharing lunch!
During the Summer/Autumn abundance, Southern Harvest froze a lot of tomatoes that now need to be bottled to go out in our produce boxes and be […]
We’re super excited to welcome our newest producer member, Fiona Buining from Ainslie Urban Farm. Fiona has been in the small scale and urban farming scene in Canberra for yonks, and has worn heaps of different hats over the years -teacher, activist, small business owner and farmer to name a few. She’s passionate about plants, […]
‘Regenerative Agriculture’ is a bit of a buzz word at the moment with the release of documentaries such as ‘Kiss the Ground’ on Netflix and companies like Patagonia establishing a Regenerative Organic Certification for their cotton production. So what is Regenerative Agriculture and how is it different from Organic (or any other label for that […]
