Articles tagged ‘Food’.

Two!
At the last CI staff meeting
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’
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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 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
Uncle Ho's favourite
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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RedBeard takes home top tourism award
RedBeard Historic Bakery in Trentham has won an RACV 2011 Victorian Tourism Award: the Minister’s Encouragement Award. RedBeard co-owner Alan Reid p...
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Talk on Take 3
Talk by Tim Silverwood at the Ray Bradfield Room, Castlemaine on Tuesday, 6 December at 7pm. Tim will speak on the Take 3 initiatives, his role as Amb...
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Growing tomatoes – and a killer bug spray
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By Christian Monahan, The Produce Garden  It’s mid-spring (apparently) and if you have a protected spot in the garden from our obligatory late ...
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Greens announce vision for ‘Denticare’
Australian Greens Leader, Senator Bob Brown, and Greens’ spokesperson for health, Senator Richard Di Natale, launched the Greens vision for dental c...
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Take 3 and help save marine life
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NSW Central Coast environmentalist Tim Silverwood has returned from a research expedition to the North Pacific Gyre – aka Great Pacific Garbage ...
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Fruit fly workshops on the way
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Climate change means pests such as fruit fly are now threatening local crops, and have the potential to devastate commercial and backyard growers. The...
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1492 – Chocs, Rocks and Pox
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La Trobe University’s Institute of Latin American Studies and lecturers in history and law will present a free Latin American symposium tomorrow, Sa...
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Why bother going green?
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Christian Monahan, from The Produce Garden, is writing regularly for CI, and we are delighted to have him on board. We’ll be publishing his work on...
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Bespoke gardener to speak gardening at Newstead
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Renowned Australian gardener and educator, Simon Rickard is coming to Newstead for a full day workshop on growing fruit trees in the home or community...
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Shout the Horn
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Oxfam is pleased to announce that more than 50 restaurants are now on board for Shout the Horn this Sunday. This demonstration of support for the ...
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Local Harvest: coming soon
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A new project is being launched in February next year to help us reduce food kilometres and a lot more besides. Local Harvest will be a national direc...
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Greens MPs call for farm animal law reform
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To highlight World Farm Animals Day yesterday, Federal, State and Territory Greens MPs responsible for animal welfare joined to renew the Greens’...
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Getting ready for tomatoes
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Christian Monahan, from The Produce Garden, is going to write regularly for CI, and we are delighted to have him on board. We’ll be publishing his w...
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The Market Building for … food?
Dear sir Mount Alexander Shire continues to struggle to find a use for the old gaol. May I offer a simple solution and that is to re locate the inform...
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Spice up your broccoli to help fight cancer
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Everyone likes to spice up their food now and then but new research shows that mixing two beneficial foods in a piquant dish boosts the anti-cancer po...
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Six local restaurants feature in the Good Food Guide
Six local restaurants have received recognition with reviews in the newly released The Age Good Food Guide 2012. Empyre Hotel was awarded an impressiv...
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Pioneers of permaculture celebrate with new book
A new book - Permaculture Pioneers – will be launched on Saturday 17 September 10-4pm at Winters Flat PS. Central Victoria has always been one of ...
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Coca Cola cares
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Coca-Cola’s attack on NT government a shameful attempt to shirk responsibility Coca-Cola Amatil’s plan to use legal action to sabotage the Nor...
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A ‘game changer’ for global security
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A radical overhaul of agriculture can create farms that enhance rather than degrade the world’s ecosystems, says a new report. According to the auth...
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Fire blight on the way?
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Yesterday was a sad day for Australian apple and pear growers as the first shipment of New Zealand apples destined for Australia left port following...
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Weekend read: Farming and the fate of wild nature
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As the drive to increase food production gathers pace, conservation scientists suggest that reconciling food security with protecting biodiversity mig...
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Is food just about trade?
In a world where some countries facing shortages are already banning food exports and others are beginning to outsource food production, Trade Minis...
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