This Friday 26th August is Daffodil Day. It’s a day to turn your office or home yellow for a great cause. The Cancer Council established Daffodil Day to highlight the need for research and funding into one of Australia’s most significant diseases, cancer. It so widespread that one in every two Australians will be diagnosed with cancer before the age of 85. It’s shocking and it affects all of us, either directly or indirectly. So brighten up your world on Friday and support 25 years of Daffodil Day in Australia. See http://www.daffodilday.com.au/
Did you know t Read More
What I learnt as I sat and listened to Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms was really quite common sense, yet … as they say …. common sense isn’t always so common! Even talking with another delegate, a farmer based in NSW Hunter Valley, highlighted this. He had suggested that after reading a number of Joel’s books, he didn’t know wether to laugh or cry. Yeah, I understand why. Our farming community has been so trapped into a certain way of doing things for so long that to think along “the Ployface way” would be to break with all the tradition they know so well. To change or part from this tradition would scar the socks off me too, if that’s all I’d known.
I love Joel’s passionate style Read More
What I learnt as I sat and listened to Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms was really quite common sense, yet … as they say …. common sense isn’t always so common! Even talking with another delegate, a farmer based in NSW Hunter Valley, highlighted this. He had suggested that after reading a number of Joel’s books, he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Yeah, I understand why. Our farming community has been so trapped into a certain way of doing things for so long that to think along “the Ployface way” would be to break with all the tradition they know so well. To change or part from this tradition would scare the socks off me too, if that’s all I’d known.
I love Joel’s passionate style, Read More
It’s that time of year again and I’m giving away 4 double passes to the Organic Expo in Sydney on 5-7th August. That’s only just around the corner so get in quickly for a chance to receive a double pass to the expo for free. This year I’m asking “Why would you choose organic?”. You can write your comments below or post them on Facebook at The Veggie Club. Competition closes at noon on Wednesday 3 August and winners will be sent their tickets by express overnight post. Winners will be notified by email. Read More
Is it possible to cash in on the lucrative industry of truffle farming from one’s own backyard? That’s the question I began to ask myself after going on a truffle hunting weekend in Millthorpe, NSW.
In theory, I guess it’s possible if you have the time to wait and you can reproduce the appropriate conditions to cultivate this fungus. Loretto and Greg Good are the farmers at Millthorpe Truffiere and they gave us lots of information on how to cultivate these gourmet delights.
Although I did get the impression that a lot of what they’ve done has been trial and error, with the paddock originating from another one of the family’s “crazy ideas” (they’re actually sheep farmers who planted out 800 trees on speculation, having never grown anything else commercially before). Read More
