Support locally owned food businesses this festive season. For every dollar spent locally, much can be reinvested into our local economy.

Have you noticed any changes on the LFC website lately? We are updating it regularly. We encourage you to share your thoughts and knowledge about local and seasonal food.

Best wishes for the festive season from the committee of Local Food Connect!

Local food-related events

1. Grower registration forms are available for the Home Harvest Feast on March 17. Pick one up from your local library, Edendale or online at www.nillumbik.vic.gov.au . Go to Environment then Home Harvest. Sign up now so that you can join in the celebration of the harvest and joys of local food.

2. Cafe Eden (at Edendale Farm) will be closed from Monday December 24 and will reopen Thursday January 3 at 9 am. llumbik.vic.gov.au > Environment > Home Harvest

Other food activities/information

Edible Weeds Talk, Northcote, Wednesday 16 January,
Doris Pozzi – author of the book Edible Weeds and Garden Plants of Melbourne – will be sharing her passion for edible weeds in a talk at Northcote Library. 7pm at Northcote Library, 32- 38 Separation Street, Northcote. Book online at www.darebinlibraries.vic.gov.au or call 1300 655 355.

The 6th Making Cities Liveable Conference will be held in conjunction with the Sustainability Association’s “SustainableTransformation” Conference, bringing a new era of collaboration, information sharing and professional networking.
The conference is being held from the 17th – 19th June 2013 at Novotel Melbourne, St Kilda. The joint conference brings together National, State and Regional delegates to exchange ideas, discuss Business, Government and Community initiatives and examine opportunities in the sector, we hope you will join us.