Food for the Future Fair Review - October 11th, 2008

We went to this after 10:00am on Saturday a couple of weeks ago. There was immediately a sense of great community involvement in the event and, I assume from the crowd many others came from outside the area on the day. Fresh food stalls and bakery featured, street planting, educative stalls, wine tasting.

There was entertainment on the stage, when we were there, there was the official opening, then a great little production from some of the local children.

There was raffles of produce and a gold coin donation got you a very nice program which talks about what is Food for the Future, local residents and what they are doing, some nice little recipes from www.missionbar.com.au and www.ontheside.com.au , a seasonality chart, article on fruit trees and much more.

If this event is on next year, I think we will definately trundle along again.

Grass Roots Magazine - Article

Australia's most popular self-sufficiency magazine. Great article on Bokashi Composting using the bucket system on page 32 of the Oct/Nov 2008 edition. Mary Horsfall (Editor and contributor) devotes a whole page to the Bokashi system.

Great magazine, it's not the first time I have seen the magazine, but it is the first time I have picked one up and bought one. Available at most magazine stores and newsagents. It's full of too many subjects to list. Think permaculture, saving money, water tanks, energy saving, the list goes on and on. Pick up a copy and have a read.

There doesn't appear to be a website, that I can see, but if you have an enquiry or want to subscribe, then here is the details.

Grass Roots
PO Box 117
Seymour
VIC 3661
Ph +61 3 5792 4000
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