Articles tagged ‘Food’.

Happy Volunteer Week!
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Join with the Mount Alexander Volunteer Network on Tuesday 15 May for a delicious two-course meal at the Castlemaine Town Hall and receive a compleme...
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Why ‘gourmet’ foods are bullshit
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Christian Monahan, The Produce Garden So there I was, money in hand at the local wood fired “artisan” bakery, before I even mention that the very ...
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Dirt!
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During compost week get into this inspiring film, DIRT.   DIRT! The Movie, tells the amazing and little known story of the relationship between ...
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Kyneton as anything
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Kyneton as Anything is a not-for-profit community kitchen aimed at connecting people with good quality, local food and with each other. Inspired by t...
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Dietary changes help some children with ADHD
Um ... would sugar be wise for kids with ADHD?
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have completed an extensive report reviewing the studies on the significance of diet for children and yo...
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Let’s get Sassy: not another soldier for the colonies!
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Great Grandma Sassy ‘Saskatchewan’ O’Higgins came to Australia from County Monaghan via Canada and Chicago. She migrated after falling i...
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We the guinea pigs
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By Christian Monahan, The Produce Garden You’re lying supine in the middle of the road, you have no idea how you even got there, you turn your head,...
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Students have designs on Castlemaine co-op – opening Thursday
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Designs by RMIT University students for a community co-operative larder and farmers’ market in Castlemaine will be unveiled at an exhibition in ...
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Growers and eaters conference in Bendigo
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Monday 23 April, 2012 Gravel Hill Salvation Army Complex 65-71 Mundy Street, Bendigo Bookings essential: $80/$60 concession trybooking.com/BEHC Contac...
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Let’s get Sassy: Margaret’s Shepherd’s Pie and Maggie and Sassy’s gourmet fish and chips
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Great Grandma Sassy ‘Saskatchewan’ O’Higgins came to Australia from County Monaghan via Canada and Chicago. She migrated after falling i...
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The Field Guide to Victorian Produce
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Australia has rediscovered the joy of cooking. Alongside the awakening of the palette, Australians are re-evaluating the social and environmental rela...
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25 ‘green’ books to read before you’re compost
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By Christian Monahan It’s a known fact that in the past I’ve used what money I had to buy books instead of food, not that I’m ashamed of, or glo...
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A guide to growing vegetables
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Local organic activist and writer Christian Monahan from The Produce Garden has released his first in a series of guide books for those who want to st...
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Food bowl to dust bowl?
Despondent Riverland citrus growers are bulldozing their crops because juice orange prices are so low the fruit isn’t worth picking. Independent Sen...
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Let’s get Sassy: chocolat with Charles
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Great Grandma Sassy ‘Saskatchewan’ O’Higgins came to Australia from County Monaghan via Canada and Chicago. She migrated after falling i...
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Fair’s fare
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By Christian Monahan, The Produce Garden The other week I was extremely excited at the prospect of attending a cider making workshop at a local food a...
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Barrister raises the bar for Newstead garden dinner
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Melbourne criminal barrister Charlotte Duckett will be the guest chef for the Newstead Community Garden’s renowned annual fundraiser dinner on March...
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The Occupy Castlemaine Free Shop
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By Ben Laycock Come to the Free Shop every week at The Wesley Hill Market for a truly unique shopping experience. At our shop absolutely everything is...
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Plants that repel pests? Ask Penny Woodward
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Penny Woodward is a well known herb aficionado, thanks to her herb ‘bible’. Read by thousands of gardeners, An Australian Herbal was first publis...
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Sunday meditation: Five things plants do better than us
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By Sami Grover We need more trees in our cities. But our cities also need to become more like trees. It seems to me that the challenge of building com...
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Let’s get Sassy – cooking with Buñuel
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Great Grandma Sassy ‘Saskatchewan’ O’Higgins came to Australia from County Monaghan via Canada and Chicago. She migrated after falling i...
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What’s in a name?
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Christian Monahan, The Produce Garden Regulation for being organically certified is pretty stringent, you have to give a great deal of information in ...
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Two!
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It’s CI’s birthday! Two. How would you live without us? Let us know! Congratulate us. Conditions of congratulating us: 1. No hate bloggers...
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The meat on my plate
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Christian Monahan, The Produce Garden When I was around 16 years old I was sitting in the back of my parents’ car as we drove along on our way t...
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Deadly outcome for unlucky mushroom consumers
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By Alison Pouliot The start to 2012 was marred by the tragic news of the deaths of two people following consumption of Death Cup mushrooms (Amanita ph...
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Let’s get Sassy: Recipe 8, (oh no, not Santa, surely?)
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Great Grandma Sassy ‘Saskatchewan’ O’Higgins came to Australia from County Monaghan via Canada and Chicago. She migrated after falling i...
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Let’s get Sassy: recipes 6 and 7 – ‘Bugger these blokes, I’m off to Spain’
Mao hardly approved of Sassy's exotic dress or dinner habits. But he was so smitten he could not throw her out of his kitchen, or his bedroom.
Great Grandma Sassy ‘Saskatchewan’ O’Higgins came to Australia from County Monaghan via Canada and Chicago. She migrated after falling i...
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Let’s get Sassy: recipes 4 & 5: A Goodnight Kiss Champagne Cocktail and French Tart
How to commit war crimes and keep on laughing: Harold Holt and Lyndon B Johnson during the height of the Vietnam War. (Plus ca change ...)
Great Grandma Sassy ‘Saskatchewan’ O’Higgins came to Australia from County Monaghan via Canada and Chicago. She migrated after falling i...
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Let’s get Sassy: recipe 3
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Great Grandma Sassy ‘Saskatchewan’ O’Higgins came to Australia from County Monaghan via Canada and Chicago. She migrated after falling i...
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The road to a tree change
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By Christian Monahan, Produce Garden Farm For a while there the terms “tree change” and “sea change” were much bandied about, it seemed like a...
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Let’s get Sassy: recipe 2
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Great Grandma Sassy ‘Saskatchewan’ O’Higgins came to Australia from County Monaghan via Canada and Chicago. She migrated after falling i...
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A guide to local produce
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For the past 18 months or so Ellen Madigan has been working on a great new project for the shire, and it will be launched on Thursday 24 November at t...
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Brown: Parliament must protect children from junk food ads
The Australian Greens will introduce new legislation on Monday to protect children from junk food advertising, after the Gillard Government and the Op...
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Let’s get Sassy: recipe 1
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Great Grandma Sassy ‘Saskatchewan’ O’Higgins came to Australia from County Monaghan via Canada and Chicago. She migrated after falling i...
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A window into the past and a new ­look café
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RedBeard Historic Bakery in Trentham has reopened following a major renovation and business restructure. Castlemaine resident John Reid opened the bak...
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