Category: Coop news
Instant Orchard Opportunity—Repeat!
Look out for us at these Accredited Farmers Markets over the next week or so: Sat 19th Dec – Coburg Farmers Markets. Wed 23rd Dec – Coburg…
Veggie Box Subscriptions – now available
Gung Hoe Growers are launching their 2021 CSA Veggie Box Subscriptions, starting with a 5 week summer box subscription.Boxes will include a selection of leafy greens(kale, silverbeet), alliums (spring onions, […]
Cherry special! Orders close Wed.
Our certified organic ‘Vista’ cherries are on special until midday Wednesday! Collect from Castlemaine, Bendigo or Harcourt.
A Speck Circling the Sun
This week Sas gives an update on the Spring goings on for the Dirty Hoes. Planting, mulching, composting, garlic, bush foods, cake, laughs and veggie boxes to come…
garlic…gARlic… GARLIC!!!
Gung Hoes sixth crop of organic garlic has been dug, cured, plaited and is now available for order.
Change is what we’re looking for.
The whole world needs change It’s bigger than they think It doesn’t matter, Though it seems to. Nothing changes Unless we do. Nothing changes Until we choose to. It doesn’t […]
Guest Blog – Sam
This year Tellurian Fruit Gardens is running it first ‘volunteer residency’, whereby we invite a willing participant to come and live on the farm and learn the ins and outs of growing fruit and running a farm business, plus some food sovereignty knowledge for good measure. Sam (whose family is in our CSA community) is…
Flow rate
Planning for a constant milk supply year round can be tricky.There are several influencing factors which determine a cows milk production and how long she will milk for.
Food Sovereignty Convergence
FSC 2020 is your change to engage with the movement and join the global struggle for a food system that supports the climate, the ecosystems, the animals and humans alike. Get involved and help direct AFSA’s efforts over the coming year.
Everything is blooming most recklessly…
Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.… Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems. – Rainer Maria Rilke –
Yoghurt systems go!
Sellar Farmhouse Creamery is very excited to finally launch our yoghurt!
Welcome Lizzie!
Introducing Liz, who you might have noticed in recent nursery shots. If you’re thinking she looks a lot like Katie you’d be right, she’s her older sister. Well, we’d like to publicly welcome Liz to Carr’s Organic Fruit Tree Nursery – now it really is a family affair!
Delicious Produce Awards – Gold Medalist
‘Delicious’ today revealed the full list of the 2020 Gold medallists. National Judge Matt Moran said: “I absolutely adore every part of judging the awards…Honestly, this year I think I tasted the best pear I’ve ever eaten”
A new chapter begins
A new chapter is starting next week at Gung Hoe Growers with the begining of their first ever internship. This weeks blog is written by Ruby, the intern to be.
Fundamentals of Soil—Online Masterclass with Dr. Christine Jones
The Harcourt Organic Farming Co-op is hosting Dr. Christine Jones, presenting an online workshop called Fundamentals of Soil on Sunday, August 23 2020, at 11 am.
Veggies are Joyful!
This month we’ve asked one of our long time dedicated volunteers, Abigail to share some words from her perspecitve about how volunteering with Gung Hoe is for her. Almost every […]
Reusable packaging
Here at Sellar Farmhouse Creamery we were never interested in selling milk in single use packaging. However there’s much more to it than you might think.
Winter Veggies
We just wanted to take a moment to update everyone on the comings and goings of the last few months and those to come. Firstly many people have been asking […]
June News
The Weekly Farmers Market has been going from strength to strength lately with more and more stall holders coming every week. A solid and reliable constant through our the chaos of the pandemic, it really is becoming a staple part of the communities food habits. Not only that, the subtle and more obvious community building…
