From the SAGE Farmers Market managing committee chairman, Stuart Whitelaw. Photos by Kate Raymond Monday nights are the Sunday nights of the hospitality industry. Try to eat out on a Monday, even in regional areas, and your choices are limited. Monday evenings are when the annual delicious. Magazine Produce Awards are held, and this year
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A few people have contacted me about single-use plastic bags at the market following the announcement from the supermarkets about getting rid of them. The thing is, supermarkets do nothing that doesn’t benefit them. If it sounds too good to be true that a supermarket is doing something good, that’s because it is (too good
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There’s more to running a farmers market then you might at first think. That’s my excuse for such a long gap between blog posts in this series about the price of food. But at the Deep Winter Agrarian Gathering at Gerringong last year, Costa Georgiadis — one of Australia’s best communicators — reminded us how important it
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If only I could get all my dry goods when I go to the farmers market, as well as the freshest vegetables, meat, fish, milk and bread! If only I could get it all in one place! I know, right? Our region doesn’t have a great climate for growing grains and many other crops, so
Continue reading »ABC Rural’s Josh Becker recently came to Moruya to interview SAGE Farmers Market Manager Kate Raymond about a study conducted by the University of Canberra into the social impacts of the market on the local community. Josh also interviewed UC researcher Dr Bethaney Turner for some further insights into what the study revealed about the
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Minutes of Farmers Market Committee Meeting Friday 5 August 2016, 1 p.m. Kate’s Place, T*****, Moruya 1. Attendance/apologies Present: Kate Raymond, Stuart Whitelaw, Penny Cook, Geoff Scott, Sandra Makdessi Apologies: Martin Gribble, Emma Lipscombe 2. Minutes of previous meeting Minutes were accepted by Kate and seconded by Geoff. Matters arising Stallholder inspections – Phil Timms
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23 – 29 May, 2017 Over an action packed week, FOOD STORIES examines that web of interactions within the food system of the hugely successful SAGE Farmers Market in Moruya. Commencing at the Tuesday market, you will witness the extraordinary vitality of this enterprise. In a deliberate way we are starting at the end, at
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Minutes of Farmers Market Committee Meeting Friday 8 July 2016, 1 p.m. Kate’s Place, T*****, Moruya 1. Attendance/apologies It was noted that Caroline has resigned as she has returned to Canada. Present: Kate Raymond, Stuart Whitelaw, Penny Cook, Geoff Scott, Sandra Makdessi Apologies: Martin Gribble 2. Minutes of previous meeting Minutes were accepted by Kate
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L-R: Andrew Greenway from Council’s Business Development Unit, SAGE Farmers Market Chairman Stuart Whitelaw and Eurobodalla Mayor Lindsay Brown at the market last Tuesday. At its meeting on Tuesday 12 April, Eurobodalla councillors voted in favour of a proposal put before them that will see thousands of dollars of funding returned to SAGE every year.
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Minutes of Farmers Market Committee Meeting Wednesday 6 April 2016, 9 a.m. SAGE Garden, Moruya 1. Attendance/apologies Present: Kate Raymond, Stuart Whitelaw, Penny Cook, Martin Gribble, Caroline Power, Geoff Scott Apologies: Sandra Makdessi, Hughen McConaghy 2. Correspondence Kate read a letter received from the Council of continuation of our licence together with their requirements. Further
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