Bungendore Harvest Festival ’24 Wrap Up!

By |2024-04-30T13:16:38+10:0030 April, 2024|education, farmers market, farming, festival, general news, Harvest festival, local food, wine|

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 […]

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Choosing the right chickens for you with Deborah from Schoolhouse Farm

By |2023-07-20T09:35:11+10:0017 July, 2023|business, courses, education, farming|

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. 

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Harvest Festival 2023!!

By |2023-04-05T14:07:16+10:003 April, 2023|eating seasonally, education, ethical eating, farmers market, farming, festival, garlic, general news, Harvest festival, local food|

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 […]

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Learn to be a Pop Up Garlic Farmer with Farmer Incubator at Canberra City Farm!

By |2023-01-16T13:18:19+11:0016 January, 2023|courses, education, farming, Gardening, garlic, general news, local food, mentoring|

Farmer Incubator is a not-for-profit organisation established in 2013 who are contributing to building a fairer food system by reimagining how we access, relate to, steward, and share land. They are currently based in and around Naarm, Melbourne, Victoria but are branching out to Canberra to run one of their successful Pop Up Garlic Farmer […]

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Tarago Area Farm & Winery Tour Day – 28th of August

By |2022-08-13T07:41:12+10:0013 August, 2022|eating seasonally, education, farming, Gardening, general news, local food, permaculture, wine|

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.

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TRUFFLE LONG LUNCH July 2022

By |2022-07-11T18:23:13+10:008 July, 2022|eating seasonally, education, ethical eating, farming, general news, local food, wine|

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 […]

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Southern Harvest Members’ PASSATA DAY

By |2022-06-27T09:46:28+10:0025 June, 2022|courses, eating seasonally, education, farming, Gardening, general news, local food, mentoring, recipes|

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 […]

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Q & A with an Urban Farmer

By |2021-10-29T10:23:50+11:0025 August, 2021|business, eating seasonally, ethical eating, farming, Gardening, general news, local food, permaculture, Produce boxes|

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, […]

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What is regenerative agriculture (and how is it different from ALLLLLL the other labels)?

By |2021-10-29T10:30:14+11:0021 July, 2021|democracy, ethical eating, farming, Gardening, general news, local food, permaculture|

‘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 […]

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