Check out the LFC Facebook page for details about this Sunday's Eltham Farmers’ Market.
The food swap will now be held on the fourth Sunday of each month at the LFC marquee within the Eltham Farmers’ Market. Come along at 10am with your excess home-grown/home-made produce and swap with others.The swap will finish at 11am. You can swap and shop at the same time! Continue reading »
Just a short newsletter this week because of Easter.
A fabulous turn out to the first farmers’ market at Eltham. Thanks to many of you who came and said hello to us at the LFC stall! Look forward to the next one on April 27. There will be a foodswap from 10-11am, at the LFC tent, for those of you who are home growers and have excess to swap. Continue reading »
The inaugural market is this Sunday April 13, 9am-2pm, Eltham Town Mall. Come along and support the farmers and local producers and say hello to us at the LFC tent! The second market will be on April 27.
Learn how to prepare fresh homemade soba noodles from scratch using organic buckwheat flour. $25 (workshop fee) for buckwheat noodle, brown rice sushi roll, tenpura, sesami tofu, shiratama rice dumpling. We usually make it with 80% buckwheat 20% wheat flour. If you are gluten free and would like 100% buckwheat flour let us know in advance.
Seitai Massage workshop ($10) – using only foot for massage. This is also a great opportunity to find out more about Murundaka co-housing for those interested.
13 April (Sunday), Noodle workshop (10-12pm), followed by lunch from 12-1pm; Massage workshop (1.15-2.45pm). Murundaka Co-housing, 42 Bamfield Road, Heidelberg Heights. RSVP: Mikoto (mikotoaraki@gmail.com).
Nillumbik farms will be opening their gates for the first Open Farm Day on Sunday 27 April. See their flyer here.
Recently launched, The Australia Institute’s Grow Your Own is a research paper on ‘the potential value and impacts of residential and community food gardening’. Read more here.
Thanks to everyone who took part in one of the recent Harvest Month activities.
New LFC marqueeHere is a glimpse of the new LFC marquee (with local winemaker and chef) which will be used at the forthcoming Eltham Farmers Market.(April 13, Eltham Town Mall, 9-2pm).
For April, the Macleod Swap will be on April 12 to avoid Easter. Still at 11am, with a Thrifty Gardening Workshop on at 12 -1 pm following the workshop. There will be a display of where to obtain free garden supplies and a discussion about everyone’s thrifty hints and ideas.
April 6 and 13, 9am-4pm. Refer to last LFC News for details.
Our very clever webmaster is constantly adding to and improving our website. If you haven’t browsed the various sections lately, I recommend it.
Packham pears $5kg, medium to large; Mutsu apples $5kg a big crisp great flavoured green apple bred in Japan; Golden Delicious apples $ 5kg small to medium. Email orders to David Arnold at Murrnong, by 12 midnight on Thursday night, 3rd April. Please mention ‘Murundaka collection’ and include payment confirmation of your direct credit, to BSB 803078 Acc No 140233, DC Arnold.
Learn how to prepare fresh homemade soba noodles from scratch using organic buckwheat flour. You will be shown how to cook the soba so that it has ‘koshi’ good texture leftover soba water. $25 for buckwheat noodle, brown rice sushi roll, tenpura, sesami tofu,shiratama rice dumpling. We usually make it with 80% buckwheat 20% wheat flour. If you are gluten free and would like 100% buckwheat flower let us know in advance. At Murundaka Cohousing, on Sunday 13th April. Contact Mikoto for more information.
Karen has passed on The Good Chocolate Guide, a list of fair trade certified producers as well as UTZ and Rainforest Alliance certified. UTZ and Rainforest Alliance do not go as far as fairtrade certified products in working with communities to break the poverty cycle, but still may be worth considering. If you are looking for a very local stockist, especially with Easter coming up, Fair Trade Choc is available through Only Just in Monty.