A band of urban food adventurers has started turning Victoria Park edible with their first wicking garden bed. Working with the local community worker, my role was to ensure that the project made its way through council's approval convolutions. Now, what's new for Green Square Growers?
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Architect and writer, Carolyn Steel, knows a thing or two about food, its history and politics. These she shared at a talk one rainy night at UNSW...
Read MoreA hot, sultry and sticky night didn't deter 45 people coming together to help Leichhardt Council develop their policy on community gardening...
Read MoreIt's the fourth attempt to start a city farm in Sydney as the City of Sydney and its consultant holds a series of public consultations to harvest ideas for the proposed city farm...
Read MoreA speaking engagement at a conference leads to an edible tour of the island state, the gem of the Southern Ocean...
Read MoreTwo declarations on the future of our food systems have been released in the past six months. This is the Declaration of the Plains To Plate food convergence that took place in Adealide, South Australia, in February 2010...
Read MoreAdelaide's Plains To Plate Food Convergence signals that food has arrived as a social, community and sustainability issue...
Read MoreIT'S GOOD TO SEE A PROJECT you have worked on come to fruition. That was the feeling as Kogarah City Council's Mayor, General Manager and other staff and gardeners officially opened the Carrs Park Community Garden. Faith Thomas and I started work on the project a little over a year ago...
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His history in setting up Northey Street City Farm with a group of enthusiasts, and the introduction of accredited permaculture training to Sydney were the focus of September 2009's TransitionSydney Cafe Conversation with Dick Copeman...
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The Eastern Suburbs sandy soils are starting to sprout lettuce and leeks, cabbage and capsicum thanks to a local government course in sustainable gardening...
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