ABC interviews from 2016 Summer School
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Farm Walk 28/02/2016 – Tamworth Flyers
For his month's farm walk on Sunday 28th February we will gain another practical pastural perspective from Phil Stringer and his positively perspicacious porcine performers. Details are: Sunday 28th February, starting at 2pm.Tamworth Flyers, 1229 Noosa Rd, Tandur Happy pigs fed by a subtropical garden Phil Stringer, one of the (very active) directors of the co-op, has again offered his hospitality to show us round [...]
2016 Summer School, 9&10 February, Kandanga Hall. Program and booking details
Please book your space as soon as possible to this incredibly informative two days, with an impressive list of knowledgeable presenters. Not only do you get to be informed on best practise farming, you get to meet some of your local farming community and make connections that support your business. This year there are [...]
Sunshine Coast buyers group shuns supermarkets for fresh produce direct from the Mary Valley
Caedman delivering to the lively lot at Perigian on a Thursday night The ABC recently reported one of our family groups that we deliver to each week on the Sunshine Coast see their full article http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2015/11/02/4343602.htm
Monthly Farm walk – 25 October 2015 – Bringing back a creek on your property.
The next farm walk will be at Dave Ross's property at 127 Diamondfield Rd Amamoor, 2pm on Sunday 25th October 2015. A special event as part of Mary River Month. A restored tributary of Diamonfield Creek This month's farm walk is part of Mary River Month, where Dave Ross has kindly offered to show us the results of [...]
Monthly Farm walk – 30 August 2015 – Keyline ripping , soil water management.
The next farm walk will be at Simon Budden and Michelle Jones property at Coles Creek, 2pm on Sunday 30th August 2015 Keyline patterning on broadacre land in the Munna Creek catchment. This months farm walk will be a hands-on, tynes in the ground discussion of keyline concepts and taking a landscape perspective on soil and water management on [...]
July farm walk and production planning meeting – Kandanga
The July farm walk will start 2pm at Trish and Bruno Gabbana's farm at 161 Knobby Glen Rd. Kandanga, and adjourn to Kandanga Hall (Main St Kandanga, opposite the school) at 3.30 pm. Bruno Gabbana Our monthly Farm Walk will be held this coming Sunday, 26th July. The topic of this month's walk is [...]
28 June Farm Walk Soil and Tree Health – Mothar Mountain
Mat and Nicola Fea's orchard atMothar Mountain This month we will be looking at Mat and Nicola Fea's commercial Macadamia orchard, with a strong focus on soil and tree health. The property is located at 428 Shadbolt Rd Mothar Mountain. The Tandur Bridge is under maintenance so use Woondum Rd or Noosa Rd and turn [...]
Monthly Farm walk – May 2015 – Soils, plants and soil testing
The May farm walk will be on the grounds of Bos Rural, 94 Main Street, Kandanga Sunday 31 May. 2pm-5pm Simply taking a good look at your soil profile is an important first step. Mat Fea and Steve Burgess will talk about and demonstrate some of the ways that landholders can assess the soils on their property. This includes [...]
26 April 2015 Farm Walk – Tamworth Flyers.
For his month's farm walk on Sunday 26th April! we will revisit Phil Stringer's pastured pigs and gardens. Details are: Sunday 26th April, starting at 2pm.Tamworth Flyers, 1229 Noosa Rd, Tandur Phil Stringer shares some useful notes about subtropical gardening and pigs Phil Stringer has kindly offered to show us round his pastured pig enterprise and subtropical [...]