Articles tagged ‘Food’.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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’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 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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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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As the drive to increase food production gathers pace, conservation scientists suggest that reconciling food security with protecting biodiversity mig...
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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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