CEO Slow Food International visit to Perth: networking works

On May 27, 2011, in the nose, by pauline
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The whirlwind visit to Perth by Paolo di Croce CEO of Slow Food International, and Elena Aniere, Program Director for Asia and Oceania was made so successful by the network of supporters and volunteers who helped. Our special thanks to Tricia Hille, Manager of The Grove Community Centre for allowing us to hold our talk and meeting at the newly opened sustainable Grove Centre, to Kim Gamble for hosting a dinner at his soon to be opened restaurant (Kim’s Place) for 30 for Paolo, to Catrina Aniere of Millenium Kids for all her support and help with the children’s activities, Lockie Cooke of ICEA for supporting us and arranging for the indigenous children to take part in the pizza making and taste workshop, Julie QuanSing-Rowlands, principal of St. Hilda’s Primary School for the tour of their indigenous garden at the school and Louise and Kam of Fiori Coffee. A special thank you to all the children who participated in the taste workshops and who explained to Paolo about the indigenous food gardens that are being developed at St. Hilda’s.

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Garden projects

On April 2, 2011, in the nose, by pauline
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THE ICEA Foundation has just started a partnership with EON Edible Gardens, by providing gardening tools and seeds as incentives to students to encourage and motivate them to start up gardens at home in their remote communities.
THE EON Edible Garden was set up by the EON Foundation at the Djarindjin Lambadin Catholic School in 2007 in the Kimberleys to see that the indigenous children had access to free fruit and vegetables. Owing to its success seven more EON Edible Gardens have been set up in the Kimberleys.
Recently we became aware of the inspirational work of nineteen year old Lachlan Cooke who set up the ICEA Foundation. The ICEA foundation is a not for profit organisation set up to help Aboriginal children in remote communities in Western Australia with opportunities to enhance their education experience.
Check out the fascinating and ingenious interactive food wheel on the EON Edible Garden website. It highlights both bush tucker and other, mostly western, fruit and vegetable food plants.

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Towards a sustainable kangaroo industry

On July 7, 2010, in the nose, by pauline
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IN this informative documentary on the Kangaroo Industry web site there is much discussion about our pastoralist industry, grazing practices, the benefits of cooking with kangaroo, and the serious issue of the increase in the number of kangaroos in Australia. Dr. Tim Flannery and others discuss all the related topics.

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Food labelling

On April 19, 2010, in the nose, by pauline
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STEPHEN Crittenden of ABC’s Background Briefing on Sunday 18th April, reports on the complex issues surrounding food labelling. At present there is a public inquiry into food labelling which opens, as he reports, a Pandora’s box of problems. Earlier this year From Plains to Plate, a South Australian initative of farmers, community, government workers, gardeners, students, environmentalist, educators and citizens came together to discuss the issue of strenthening South Australia’s food systems, amongst which was the important item of food labelling. Among some of the partners in this initiative were Slow Food Conivia in South Australia, Friends of the Earth, the Government of South Australia, Community Gardens Network, the University of South Australia, South Australian Farmers Network. Their web site has been developed as an online meeting point to further strengthen a just and sustainable food system for South Australia and beyond.

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Hunter-gatherers

On March 19, 2010, in the nose, by pauline
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HUNTER-gatherer food came in many forms from both animals and plants and was eaten raw, cooked or preserved. The Hunter Gatherer Club will have its inaugural dinner at Muldoon Farms at Bungendore in late March. Food will be collected from the wild, vegetables such as wild purslane, chicory and mushrooms along with venison and yabbies will be served. Deborah Newell, founder of the Hunter Gatherer Dinner Club; Professor Neil Mann, nutritionist, RMIT University speak on the virtues of eating a hunter gatherer style diet on Bush Telegraph with Michael Cathcart.

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Foraging for wild herbs in Australia

On March 24, 2009, in the nose, by pauline
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PAUL Best writes in Epicure in The Age about foraging for wild herbs in Australia. Herbs such as purslane (pigweed), nettles, saltbush, river mint, dandelions, samphire, pigface and warigal greens can be found around Australia. Many of them have been brought here not only by wind, birds and oceans but by the First Fleet.
Samphire is much sort after in the United Kingdom and becoming popular in the food culture in Melbourne. Rock Samphire can be grown in Australia gardens.
Warrigal greens are another hardy vegetable that is found growing wild.

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Desert Knowledge seeks economic sustainability

On December 9, 2008, in the nose, by pauline
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DESERT Knowledge has a mission is to create economic opportunities for indigenous communities in Australia. It seeks to provide sustainable livelihoods for desert people that are based on natural resources and to encourage sustainable remote desert settlements that support the presence of desert people, particularly remote Aboriginal communities. Its core partners are aboriginal councils, state governments, universities and CSIRO. There is ongoing researh into sustainable livelihoods for indigenous communities and into bush harvest. The Desert Knowledge web site has a wealth of information.

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Outback Pride project taps indigenous knowledge

On October 19, 2008, in the nose, by pauline
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GAYLE and Mike Quarmby’s Outback Pride project is promoting the Australian native food industry by developing a network of production sites within traditional aboriginal communites. The cultivation of Australian native food provides indigenous Australians with jobs and training within the horticulture and food industry. One of the bush foods higlighted in their latest newsletter is saltbush.

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