Food businesses are invited to participate in a joint Australia and New Zealand food regulation system consultation on future options to improve food safety outcomes in the ‘food service and closely related retail sectors’. These sectors include caterers (on and off site), takeaway stores, restaurants, cafes, and retailers who sell bakery products, seafood, delicatessen products and […]
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 […]
Calling foodie entrepreneurs and coffee connoisseurs: have you been seeking the perfect space to transform your cafe dreams into reality? Start getting your orders ready because we’ve got the spot for you.
The National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) is seeking an enthusiastic operator for its self-contained coffee shop in Acton, to provide a limited yet […]
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 […]
Buying seasonal food makes sense for a lot of reasons. Eating with the natural seasonal cycle means your food is at its peak taste, offers good value for money, requires less resources to grow and, if purchased directly from your local farmer, or local businesses that support local farmers, doesn’t need […]
Want to know where you can do a gourmet cooking class? Which farmers markets are on this weekend? Which local restaurants are hosting special events? Or just looking for something interesting to do?
As a service to the ACT and Southern NSW community, Southern Harvest operates a Community Events Calendar. Southern Harvest members (
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 […]
