Today we are going to Village Dreaming Farm and Orto cooking school. Mara and Ralf live on about 15 acres just outside of Daylesford – about a 30min drive south of where I am in Castlemaine. They have been there since 2015 and in that time have transformed the empty paddocks of former grazing landContinue reading “S5 E17 Village Dreaming”
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S5 E16 Compost?! Yes, in my backyard!
Are you good at composting? I certainly haven’t been in the past. But with the help of a community composting group called YIMBY (Yes In My Back Yard) I have become a kitchen scrap saviour, a leaf collecting ninja and I make steaming hot compost. In today’s episode I talk to Lucy Young, Joel Meadows,Continue reading “S5 E16 Compost?! Yes, in my backyard!”
S5 E15 Salad with Soul
Recent episodes have been looking at the farmers out at the Harcourt Organic Farming Cooperative. We’ve been out there to explore how farming and agriculture might be done in a way that is earth, biodiversity and humanity friendly. Each and every one of the farmers talked about how important the support of the local communityContinue reading “S5 E15 Salad with Soul”
S5 E14 Love and Garlic – Gung Hoe Growers
It has been almost a decade of effort and love and garlic from Gung Hoe Growers – supplying our local community through the local farmers market, selling to cafes and restaurants and providing boxes of veg to seasonal and annual subscribers. Many have felt sadness on hearing that Gung Hoe will not be renewing theirContinue reading “S5 E14 Love and Garlic – Gung Hoe Growers”
S5 E13 Micro-Dairy with Tess Sellar
We are heading back out to the Harcourt Farming Cooperative – this time to talk to Tess Sellar who runs a herd of 10 or so dairy cows and supplies organic milk and yoghurt to our local community. Tess uses regenerative farming practices, re-usable glass containers and does countless other things to make her micro-dairyContinue reading “S5 E13 Micro-Dairy with Tess Sellar”
S5 E12 The Orchard Keepers
Following on from the last episode about the Harcourt Farming Cooperative, today we are looking at The Orchard Keepers. They have been part of the grand experiment of this farming cooperative, having taken over the orchard management a couple of years ago. They have used organic and regenerative practices and they have not just beenContinue reading “S5 E12 The Orchard Keepers”
S5 E11 An Incredible Octopus
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 episodesContinue reading “S5 E11 An Incredible Octopus”
S5 E10 Plastic Free July
Plastic Free July had humble beginnings in back in 2011 when Rebecca Prince-Ruiz had the idea of refusing to buy or accept single use plastics for the month of July, just to see if she could. She asked people around her if they wanted to do it too and now it is a global movement withContinue reading “S5 E10 Plastic Free July”
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