We might technically be in autumn, but the full autumnal harvest is still a little ahead of us. There are the early apples giving savour to salads and sweets, and we’re in full tomato, zucchini and eggplant glut time.
This is a little lunch that can have as many or as few components as you fancy.
All […]
What can you do with too many zucchinis? Have a zucchini bake and raise funds for those affected by the recent bushfires! Bake your heart out and bring your offerings along for sale by donation at the Southern Harvest Farmers Market in Bungendore on Saturday 11 March.
Need recipe ideas? Zucchini fritters, chocolate […]
The Bungendore Harvest Festival is a chance for all local businesses to get involved, whether you have a retail store, are on a rural property or run your business from home. The weekend Festival will be held across from Friday 28th April until Sunday 30 April to encourage overnight visitors and people from further afield. […]
Pastured poultry farms across NSW face being put out of business by unfair and out-of- date legislation, being enforced by governments who consistently fail to acknowledge the needs and requirements of healthy, small farming businesses.
The legislation states that you need to apply for Designated Development Approval if you have more than 250,000 poultry, OR any number of […]
Keeping backyard chooks is fun, easy and can benefit your family and garden in so many ways. Our resident chicken expert Leisa provides this advice for people considering keeping backyard chooks.
Crack an egg from a well-tended backyard chicken and you’ll immediately notice the thick, well-formed eggshell surrounding a rich orange yolk. There is more and more evidence […]
A surge in interest in locally grown and made food is providing enormous benefits across communities. Apart for the oblivious benefits to farmers and consumers, there are significant flow on effects to local communities.
ABC’s Australia Wide featured the Southern Harvest Farmers Market in Bungendore and SAGE Farmers Market in Moruya. The […]
It was great to watch the delight of the many locals who turned out to the Tomato Tasting and Peoples Choice awards at the Southern Harvest Farmers Market. A huge range of sizes and colours of tomatoes had everyone intrigued, from Tommy Toe, Tiny Tim, Green Grape, Jeunne Flamee, Granny’s Throwing Tomato and more.
Would you like to discuss with a professional marketing company how your business can use and take advantage of the top marketing tactics for your business? Attend this practical workshop where the top 10 marketing ideas for local business in 2017 will be covered.
Following the workshop, available to a limited number of businesses who register […]
On 7 March 2017, ACT Health is holding a free food safety information session in collaboration with Canberra Business Chamber. The aim of this event is to discuss common food safety issues and the tools available to assist food businesses to achieve compliance.
This event will also allow ACT Health to engage with food businesses and […]
The South East Region of NSW was selected as the venue for the 14th Australasian Permaculture Convergence to be held on 15-19 April 2018 near Canberra, and is now calling for volunteers to help with the event.
If you would like to join one of the troika organising teams of: venue, program, marketing, public expo, or pre/post events […]
