Food, glorious food – fresh, local and home-grown – is the inspiration for the next SLA forum at 7pm this Thursday, October 6th, at Kent House.
Robert Gasparre will speak about the past, present and future of the Farmers’ Market, now firmly established and becoming increasingly popular. Robert and his wife Sarah worked for over a year and overcame a number of setbacks to set up the market in November 2009.
Jo Leoni will talk about the market stall run by the ALF action group, and plans to develop the stall into a casual drop-in spot for people to meet and share their ideas and enthusiasm for food, gardening etc.
Robert and Jo will also talk about plans for establishing a community garden, which is currently under discussion with Council. This is a very exciting proposal; the site has enormous potential, and we know there are a lot of people who are very keen for Armidale to have a community garden at last.
Finally, we hope to screen the inspirational film Farming with Nature, in which Austrian farmer Sepp Holzer shares some of the principles which have led to the success of his organic permaculture farm under conditions which make Armidale’s climate seem positively idyllic. There is one little problem; the film was ordered weeks ago but has yet to arrive; hopefully it will turn up before Thursday!
