{"id":1338,"date":"2011-04-25T18:04:31","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T08:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/?p=1338"},"modified":"2011-04-25T18:29:29","modified_gmt":"2011-04-25T08:29:29","slug":"sustainable-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/?p=1338","title":{"rendered":"sustainable agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"

on air April 25, 2011 on bayfm99.9<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Yes it was all about new, or sometimes the old becoming new again, on the farms of the Northern Rivers on belly today.\u00a0 I spoke with Jane Laverty,\u00a0 Regional Project Officer at Northern Rivers Food Links, about the upcoming Sustainable Agriculture Forums.\u00a0 They are free and open to everyone, but you do need to book in.<\/p>\n

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Dig For Victory, 1942, IWM PST 0059 \u00a9 Imperial War Museum The Dig For Victory campaign was launched in October 1939 in the UK.<\/p><\/div>\n

Forum dates and venues<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Murwillumbah Tuesday May 3 (Murwillumbah Golf Club, 9-11:30am)
\nBallina Tuesday May 3 (Ballina Beach Resort, 3:30-6pm)
\nCasino Wednesday May 4 (Windara Function Centre, 9-11:30am)
\nMaclean Wednesday May 4 (Maclean Services Club, 3:30-6pm).<\/p>\n

Forum Presentations<\/strong><\/p>\n

a.. Softer Farming Methods – Stuart Larsson (Mara Seeds)
\nb.. Sustainable Farm Planning – Greg Reid (Industry & Investment, NSW)
\nc.. Improved Greenhouse Production Practices – Stephanie Alt (Industry & Investment, NSW)
\nd.. Biological Farming Methods – Bob Jarman (Northern Landcare Support Services)
\ne.. Soil Health for Commercial Food Production – Claire Masters (Tweed Landcare)
\nf.. Sustainable Grazing – Clarence Valley Project – Julie Mousley (Clarence Landcare)
\nFor more information, or to register: visit www.northernriversfoodlinks.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n

or email events@northernriversfoodlinks.com.au<\/p>\n

You need to book because the forums will include some delicious local food, as well as lots of sharing of information by farmers and scientists getting down and dirty and sharing their knowledge.\u00a0 I love that the polite term for poo, if it is applied to your field, is ‘input’.<\/p>\n

There will also be plenty of opportunities to ask questions and share information on anything to do with\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sustainable agriculture.<\/p>\n

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We also mentioned the Sustain Food website<\/a>, a very good and growing portal with lots of information about food in the Northern Rivers.<\/p>\n

And Jan Barham’s Tofu stir-fry with seasonal vegetables and locally grown brown rice recipe<\/span>.<\/strong> This<\/a> is the link, also check out the other Majors’ recipes. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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EDIBLE QUOTE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Our edible quote today comes from an unfinished short story by Jon, one of our bayfm front desk volunteers.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

” <\/span><\/strong>I e<\/span>xperiment with food.\u00a0 It’s a relationship I’m wary of, food can do things to you.”<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Please call him up on a Wednesday or Thursday afternoon and ask him to finish the story – I’d like to know what happens.<\/p>\n

Love and sustainable chocolate bilbies, Sister T<\/p>\n

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MUSIC<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Robert Childs, Sugar Addict<\/p>\n

Slow Train, Naturally<\/p>\n

The Mighty Imperials, Thunder Chicken and Chiko’s Barnyard<\/p>\n

Abbie Cardwell and her Leading men, Down<\/p>\n

David Lindley and Wally Ingram, Cat Food Sandwiches<\/p>\n

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