Local Food resilience – Why is it important?
As interest grows among consumers in sourcing their food from local producers, it is worth looking at resilience in the local food system as one of the many benefits. The term resilience has roots in [...]
Gippsland leads response to Australia’s National Food Plan
The Gippsland Food Plan is the first of its kind to be developed in response to the Australian National Food Plan. The Gippsland region borders our Southern Harvest region. It extends from the edge of [...]
Greens Minister Shane Rattenbury pushes ideas to make Canberra more self-sufficient in food production
ACT Territories and Municipal Services Minister Shane Rattenbury aims to free up more unused public land for growing food in Canberra and plans a registration system for backyard beekeepers this year, among measures to boost [...]
Australian Capital Region Supports Fair Food
Earlier this month, RDA Southern Inland and Southern Harvest hosted the Australian Capital Region premiere of Fair Food, Australia’s first feature length documentary that tells the story of our farmers, social entrepreneurs and communities pioneering [...]
Local food brand gets the green light
Last Wednesday more than 60 members of the regional food community attended the second Australian Capital Region Food Hub event and agreed that building a stronger regional food sector with a Southern Harvest brand would [...]
Southern Harvest official launch at Fine Food Fair
The Honourable Katrina Hodgkinson MP, Minister for Primary Industries and Small Business officially launched the Southern Harvest Association at Fine Foods Australia on Thursday, 12 September 2013. This was a milestone event for the association [...]