Australia's Leading ORGANIC EXPO Featuring "The Green Show"

I have been down at this expo all day today for the "Trade Day". Not surprised if there would be 2000+ people through. I was there supporting the Green Frog Bokashi stand on lot 217.

Andre Leu, opened the event, and talked about how far the industry had come since the early seventies. Many farmers have left their paddocks, but organic farming has grown 3-4 fold.

Some of the stand awards went to, Landtasia Organic Food's, Blue Hill's Honey, but while you are there take in Bamboo Instyle and Bokashi Composting Australia.

This is the 3rd such event, and is apparently far bigger in mass. Everyone today received a showbag and a Sydney Newspaper, hopefully that will follow through to the weekend.

The press for this event is very good. The organisers have almost every corner covered. I will say an early "Well done" to Smeaton Hackett Events to get the event promoted; as they have. This was visually obvious with the amount of trade patrons that showed up today, as well as the various peers we have heard from, in say NZ, that have travelled for the event.

I am looking forward to attending the next 2 days and mingling with producers and end customers alike, it is $AUD15.00 for adults, $16.00 for carbon offset customers.

It's in hall one (1) of Sydney Convention and Entertainment Centre, so plan to park at the south end. There is organic coffee, soft drinks, sandwiches and a hot bain maree with the likes of Butter chicken etc, for those that are hungry (north west corner of Hall 1). Alternatively, you have Darling Harbour, or Chinatown that are very close.

Have a great weekend, get green, and visit the Bokashi Composting Australia stand (217)

Green Biz Cafe - Glebe Sydney

We attended a great first meeting for "Green Biz Cafe" last Monday night. Mary Hendriks has done a great job in pulling this together. We got invited on the Saturday before, when Mary was at the Organic Food Markets at Orange Grove School, Inner West - Sydney

Great format, lovely food from The Fair Trade Cafe. If you are thinking about starting a Green BIZ, then come along, if you have a Green Biz, then come along or if you want to hear and discuss what others are doing.

The first night, we had speakers from Eco Limo and Eco Living Centre in gladesville. It was interesting to see what makes there business's tick, and what is front centre in there learnings and goals. There was various other people attending, I won't mention their names without permission, only to say we support this http://www.greenbizcafe.com.au/ and we plan to be there at the next meeting in 2 weeks. Drag it into your calendar.

I have included a flyer below, so you can contact http://www.greenbizcafe.com.au/ direct for further details.

Can I just add, onto this thread, there is an Organic Expo in Sydney, next weekend. If you cannot make it yourself, may I ask that you tell your AUS/East Coast Friends, so as they may choose to come along. http://www.organicexpo.com.au/visitors/about_the_expo

Any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to ask, via comments.