{"id":1392,"date":"2011-05-23T17:03:22","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T07:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/?p=1392"},"modified":"2011-06-12T08:45:36","modified_gmt":"2011-06-11T22:45:36","slug":"sustainable-farms-and-the-growing-local-food-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/?p=1392","title":{"rendered":"sustainable farms and the growing local food network"},"content":{"rendered":"

On air on bayfm 99.9 on May 23, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

There’s a cliche at the moment that at home or in restaurants its good to know all about our food “from paddock to plate” – we’re spending a lot of time in the paddock today on belly.\u00a0 I’m playing some talks recorded at the Northern Rivers Sustainable agriculture forum 2 weeks ago.\u00a0 Jane Laverty from N R food links joined me in the studio to talk about how the events were received (very well!).\u00a0 My favourite speaker was gorgeous Stuart Larssen, who looks and sounds like a farmer from central casting, has a dry Aussie wit, but has been a\u00a0 thinker and innovator on his large farm for 20 years.\u00a0 Another very interesting speaker was Greg Reed, from the department of Primary Industries, who is running a project to improve farm planning so local farms are as sustainable as possible with the advent of climate change.\u00a0 And we found out, thanks to POAMA, a predictive tool that Greg highly recommends (and I hope you can understand, because I don’t, but you can find it here<\/a>), that we will be swinging into a El Nino weather system by springtime, so it will be very dry soon.<\/p>\n

For more information on the talks, see http:\/\/www.northernriversfoodlinks.com.au\/sustainable-agriculture-projects\/<\/a><\/p>\n

For lots of information on local food, go to http:\/\/www.sustainfood.com.au\/<\/a><\/p>\n

BELLY BULLETIN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Oh yes, make mine a double espresso.
\nMore is better when it comes to drinking coffee <\/strong>to ward off the risk of deadly prostate cancer, according to a major US study just released by researchers at\u00a0 Harvard.\u00a0 Men who drink six or more cups per day have a 60 percent lower risk of developing the most lethal type of prostate cancer and a 20 percent lower risk of\u00a0 any type of prostate cancer compared to men who don’t drink coffee.
\nEven just one to three cups per day was linked to a 30 percent lower risk of developing prostate cancer.\u00a0 “Our study is the largest to date to examine whether coffee could lower the risk of lethal prostate cancer,” said Harvard associate professor\u00a0 Lorelei Mucci.
\nThe effects were the same whether the coffee was caffeinated or decaffeinated, so researchers\u00a0 believe the lower risk could be linked to the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of coffee.\u00a0 A study last year also found that drinking coffee may protect against mouth and throat cancers.\u00a0 If you are a tea drinker, sorry, no such link was discovered.<\/p>\n

The whole of Casino is in a beefy buzz, it’s Beef Week<\/strong>.\u00a0 The beef queen was elected last Saturday, there’s beefy fun all week, including a farmers market on Thursday, a free bbq breakfast with the butchers, cow pat lotto and milking competition on Friday, a parade, a mr beef week comp, bush poets, the lot.\u00a0 See www.casinobeefweek.com.au <\/a><\/p>\n

And if you’d like to see this region on one of the most popular TV programs in Australia, tune in to Masterchef<\/strong> this Thursday.\u00a0 The contestants will visit\u00a0 Season restaurant in Kingscliff, where the chef is cooking with some lovely local produce.\u00a0 Hopefully they will show our area for more than a few seconds.
\nBangalow pork belly braised in tamarind and rock sugar, crispy skinned Cudgen reef snapper fillet and coconut pannacotta is the meal they will enjoy…mmm
\nIf you’d like to try one of chef Reuben Radonich’s dishes, clicking here<\/a> will take you to a\u00a0 Bangalow pork recipe.\u00a0 He’s a local boy (actually born in Byron Bay, unbelievable), so he should know how to deal with the most famous local food product.<\/p>\n

Also coming up, cooking demonstrations at the Byron Bay farmers market on Thursday June 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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