This is Fraser of Old Mill Road BioFarm during the market’s “Hungry Gap” of spring 2013, but the gap in 2018 has started in July, thanks to drought and a perfect storm of other circumstances. Getting feedback is a funny thing. For every comment saying there’s too much of one thing, there’s another comment saying […]
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The plastic conundrum
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 […]
Continue readingThis is what local food system restoration looks like
Yesterday, two SFM Committee members and I drove up to Ulladulla (a town about an hour north of Moruya) to witness another important event in the restoration of our local food system. A small but passionate group of Ulladulla locals organised themselves to start up the Gaia Farmers Market. It took some doing, but they did […]
Continue readingHow to support your local food system in 5 easy steps
If you’ve been to a farmers market — especially our farmers market, but any farmers market — then you know first hand how great they can be. Sure, they have their drawbacks, like no strawberries in winter, but when you shop at a farmers market, you feel like you’re part of something. Yep, something really down-home feel-good, […]
Continue reading5 reasons why you should shop at a farmers market
The SAGE Farmers Market has been operating for almost 2 and a half years now. Whoa. That’s gone so quickly and so much has happened. The market is an unequivocal success, confirming our strong belief that there was (and is) a demand in our area for local food. We’ve grown in that time, both in numbers […]
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