This is the first of four episodes that will be released about the Harcourt Organic Farming Cooperative.
Listen to Katie talking about what it has been like to open her family farm up to young farmers and the co-op – what she affectionately describes as an incredible octopus!
Long term listeners may remember two episodes from season one that captured conversations with farmers from the cooperative as it was just beginning back in 2018.
I’ve been following the process of this cooperative with interest since it began because it is a fascinating case study of alternative farming… that is, an alternative to large scale, monocultural farming which contributes to climate change rather than helping mitigate it.
Links:
Project Drawdown on climate and farming
HOFC – Harcourt Organic Farming Cooperative
Indigenous native food – Murrnong Mummas
World Wildlife Fund – Innovate to Regenerate fund
AFSA – Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance
Farming on other people’s land – FOOPL
Grounded – community land trust
This Farm Needs a Farmer (Facebook link)
Related episodes:
Saltgrass Season 1 Katie and Ant
Saltgrass Season 1 Gung Hoe Growers with Sas and Mel
Saltgrass Season 2 Regenerative Farming
This episode was created in 2023 and was created with support from MAINfm and the Community Broadcasting Foundation.
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