Everyone is invited to visit Gary Kendall’s property in the beautiful Towamba Valley on Sunday the 14th of September.
The Kendalls have a large orchard of apples, pears & some stone fruit
on a bend of the Towamba River and would like to meet with other interested people, show us his orchard and share information.
It is a BYO barbecue and the soft-fruit trees will be in bloom so it makes for a beautiful spring day.
Address & contact details are F & J Family Orchards Lot 47 Towamba Road Towamba NSW 2550 Phone: (02) 6496 7093
Directions: 19 km along Towamba Rd from Princes Hwy. Entry to the property is just after a sharp right hand bend, look for the sign.
To download a printable PDF Map click
HERE.
The Central Hotel, Gipps St, Bega - 5:30pm
SCPA has a range of focus projects including broadening the food producer base and the seedsavers network, supporting our organic and biodynamic producer network and accreditation regime, the loom growers network which supports women in countries who are challenged by external circumstances and the promotion of permaculture principles. We also run the bi-monthly Farmers Market in Bega.
After a year of redevelopment of the SCPA focus into the above areas we are looking for suitably interested members of the public who have a contribution to make in the areas of food production and supply, supporting localised businesses and commercialisation of alternative agriculture oppportunities.
The SCPA Farmers Markets are every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month from 8:00am to 2:00pm.
Littleton Gardens Bega
Hello everyone,
Passing on information regarding a few upcoming courses and workshops by one of Australias leading permaculture broadacre designer and educator, Darren Doherty.
They are all located on a demonstration property called Dalpura which is located in the Eastern Otways region of Victoria. The workshops include -
Keyline Design Course - Darren and Dave Griffith.
Ferrocement Tank Building workshop with Darren
Farm-based Silviculture - David Holmgren and Darren.
All really worthwhile specialised topics and for further information and registrations, please go to these web sites - www.dalpura.com.au or www.permaculture.biz
John Champagne
Our pro-organic position on food production recognises the premium price organic food can attract.
A pro-organic position on food production also guarantees a premium perception on the quality of a region thus improving our tourism potential as a 'good and healthy' place to visit or to live.
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) risks the current perception of Australia's food production industry and our region as 'clean and healthy'.
Why would we risk the high quality perception of our region when the bulk of scientific evidence clearly demonstrates that GMOs have serious health effects.
This could damage our primary and tourism industries if GMOs are released into the local food chain.