Subiaco farmers’ market success story

On November 10, 2010, in the nose, by pauline
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SALLY Lewis is to be congratulated for establishing and organising the Subiaco Farmers Market at Subiaco Primary School. A long table lunch celebrating the market’s first birthday was held on 6 November. The market area was transformed to seat 165 people. The guests were not only entertained with live music but were able to taste local food that was sourced for the lunch from the producers at the Subiaco Farmers’ Market. Regional wines complemented the meal. Read Sally’s blog and support our producers at farmers’ markets in Perth.

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Supermarkets and super farmers’ markets

On November 4, 2010, in the nose, by pauline
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RAJ Patel writes in Foreign Policy about five important points to do with supermarkets. In his fifth point, Variety is an illusion, he talks about the super farmers’ markets developing around the world.

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Story of a local Seville orange

On October 2, 2010, in the nose, by pauline
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I can be bought at the farmers’ market in Margaret River for $3.00 a kilo. I am grown to luscious maturity by Dawn and Robert of certified biodynamic Margaret River Citrus. I first ripen in August and can still be picked from the tree until the end of December. I have been sought after by a well known fresh food outlet in Perth who bought me for $5.00 from my growers, then sold me for $29 a kilo. The fresh food shop does not want me anymore because I am not graded for size. So why not visit the farmers’ market in Margaret River every fortnight you will find me there.
If you want to make me into a beautiful Seville Orange Marmalade, take a quantity of the oranges with the same amount of sugar. Cut the fruit in half and slice finely, simmer for two hours. Add the sugar and stir to dissolve. Bring slowly to boil then a fast boil for twenty minutes. Test, bottle, yum.
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Future of food

On September 2, 2010, in the nose, by pauline
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At Slow Food Perth’s recent forum on food security various authors were mentioned by the panellists. Australian author Julian Cribb, who has just released his book on “The coming famine” article can be read here and Jeremy Harding’s article in The London Review of Books refers to some of the topics that were discussed at the forum. In the Atlantic Wire article “Is this the end of cheap food, various authors and comments can be found that highlight the issue from different points of view.

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Underground food market

On July 16, 2010, in the nose, by pauline
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WHEN the New York Times reported on the underground food markets the Greenpoint Food Market in New York was forced to close. Small artisanal producers have fallen under scrutiny for preparing their food in uncertified home kitchens. The debate around how to balance food safety with laws that allow small food businesses to thrive has seen certain states opt to relax food safety laws for small home producers. Opponents to some of the exemptions say that it puts the public at risk, while small producers argue that the face-to-face relationship with their customers provides a different kind of food safety guarantee. One of the most promising ideas that has come out of a meeting of these small producers with the local government was turning a 2,500 square foot space in Greenpoint into an affordable incubator kitchen for around 30 cooks. Read the full article at the Civil Eats web site

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Slow Food London

On August 27, 2009, in the nose, by pauline
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FOLLOWING the sucess of the performance of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and the Slow Food mini market in July at the Southbank Centre, Slow Food London and Southbank Centre announces the continuation of the Slow Food Markets. The markets will be held monthly. Southbank Centre holds wide ranging programmes of classical and world music, rock and pop, jazz, dance, literature and the visual arts. These programs attract the most diverse audience in the United Kingdom and with the proposed monthly Slow Food markets it will be a great vehicle to highlight good, clean and fair producers of the United Kingdom.

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