You may be interested to look at this graphic at www.treehugger.com/infographic-locavorism-vs-globavorism-4860937
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.
The Kingsbury Drive Community Market at La Trobe University is on every Sunday. There are four free stalls for not-for-profit organisations. Try calling asap to book for Sunday 9 Dec, or call next week for the following Sunday. 9435 8282.
There is now a recipe page on the LFC website. We still have recipes which did not make publication in our local and seasonal recipe book Pick Share Eat, so we will be able to add them to the website. Also, if you have a favourite recipe that can be made from local summer produce, please send it to info@localfoodconnect.org.au
We would also like to profile local food businesses and gardeners. If you are interested, please contact Robyn at the above email address.