Bungendore Harvest Festival even Bigger and Better in 2018

By |2018-02-28T19:08:20+11:0028 February, 2018|general news|

After a successful debut in 2017, the Bungendore Harvest Festival is back for its second year with a large number of new stalls and local businesses showing off their wares.

The Southern Harvest Association is again hosting the weekend long celebration of local food, farming and fibre from 16 – 18 March 2018.

Last year’s Harvest Festival […]

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Announcing Permaculture Convergence Program, Tours and Courses…

By |2018-02-28T18:49:28+11:0028 February, 2018|general news|

The Fourteenth Australasian Permaculture Convergence (APC14) is being held in Canberra 15-19 April 2018. We have just released details of the program which include keynote addresses from:

  • Mariam Issa
  • Tammi Jonas
  • David Holmgren
  • Charles Massey and
  • Bruce Pascoe

But, that’s not all, there are a huge, huge […]

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Funds for Farmers and an Open Day at Mt Fairy: Baseline Measurements and Property Planning

By |2018-02-27T17:07:22+11:0027 February, 2018|general news|

Funds for Farmers and an Open Day at Mt Fairy: Baseline Measurements and Property Planning

The Farms with a Future program has funds for local farmers who attend a Ground Work Day in Mount Fairy on Monday 19 March.

Farms with a Future is run by SCPA-South East Producers which secured funding through South East Local Land […]

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2018 Bungendore Harvest Festival Bigger and Better Thanks to NSW Government Grant

By |2018-02-26T09:40:42+11:0026 February, 2018|general news|

2018 BUNGENDORE HARVEST FESTIVAL BIGGER AND BETTER THANKS TO NSW GOVERNMENT GRANT

Member for Monaro John Barilaro has announced that one of the region’s newest events, the Bungendore Harvest Festival, will receive $20,000 in Round One of the NSW Government’s 2018 Incubator Event Fund.

The Fund, managed by the State’s tourism and major events agency Destination NSW, […]

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Bungendore Community Bank is the Major Sponsor for the 2018 Harvest Festival

By |2018-02-13T15:15:59+11:0012 February, 2018|general news|

Bungendore Community Bank Major Sponsor for Harvest Festival

The Bungendore Community Bank is the Major Sponsor for the Bungendore Harvest Festival in 2018 committing $4,500 to help ensure the success of the event. This is a weekend of celebration of food, fibre and farming from 16-18 March. […]

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Program for APC14 Coming Together

By |2018-02-05T17:04:34+11:005 February, 2018|general news|

The programming team for the Australasian Permaculture Convergence in Canberra 15-19 April 2018 have been working hard…

Apart from our four major keynotes (being Bruce Pascoe, Tammi Jonas, Charles Massy and David Holmgren), the following content has been confirmed – with much, much […]

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David Holmgren Keynote at Australasian Permaculture Convergence

By |2018-01-16T09:21:06+11:0016 January, 2018|general news|

RetroSuburbia: a permaculture plan for Australia’s residential heartlands.

Keynote to 14th Australasian Permaculture Convergence

RetroSuburbia is more than a book, it is a strategy to build on the diverse legacies, projects and people applying permaculture ethics and principles across the diverse residential landscapes in Australia and New Zealand where […]

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ACT Permaculture Festival

By |2018-01-17T08:38:16+11:0016 January, 2018|general news|

Applications are now being taken for stallholders and workshop presenters for the inaugural ACT Permaculture Festival held on Sunday 15 April 2018, 10am – 4pm at Canberra City Farm, Fyshwick.

If you make, grow, tend, or repair ethical and sustainable products and would […]

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Millpost Farm Tour

By |2018-01-16T08:35:04+11:0016 January, 2018|general news|

DATE: Saturday the 14th of April, just before the Convergence!

Millpost is one of the oldest broadscale Permaculture farms in Australia.

David and Judith have been implementing Permaculture on Millpost since 1979. They were both students at the inaugural PDC in Stanley, Tasmania, in January 1980.

David Holmgren completed a Permaculture Design for the farm in 1994.

The main […]

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NSW Primary Production and Rural Development regulatory concerns

By |2017-12-20T15:41:51+11:0020 December, 2017|business, eating seasonally, farmers market, general news|

Media Release

Publication date: 20 December 2017

The Southern Harvest Association is concerned that proposed changes to NSW Primary Production and Rural Development regulations will have a hugely negative impact on the growth of pastured pig and poultry farms in the entire state.

Of particular concern is the proposal to put into regulation a 500m setback (like […]

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