Local Food Connections

Enjoy this conversation between Amy and fellow horticulturalist Charlotte Harrison as they enthuse about the importance of soil and why we should treat our gardens, above and below the ground, as ecosystems. Charlotte has a Masters in Urban Horticulture from Melbourne University's Burnley Campus, extensive experience in plant nurseries and a thriving food garden at her home in Melbourne. She is currently the Community Training Officer at Sustainable Gardening Australia. https://www.sgaonline.org.au/ Follow us!InstagramFacebooklocalfoodconnect.org.au

This week's show Amy chats to Jadzia and Giovani from the Black Peoples Union, Community Kitchen. The BPU Community Kitchen serves the community in Dandenong with delicious meals and yarns on liberation from settler-colonialism and white supremacy. They also discuss the importance of community kitchens that aren't tied to corporations and religous charities as these are often discriminatory and insensitive to the needs of marginalised communites. Support their work here:https://www.blackpeoplesunion.org/community-kitchenhttps://www.instagram.com/bpu_communitykitchen/Follow us!InstagramFacebooklocalfoodconnect.org.au

This week we turn to the food injustice occuring in Cuba, with Maree Dellora, from the Melbourne branch of the Australian Cuba Friendship Society and host of Latin American Update on 3CR. Cuba has been under harsh economic sanctions for many decades and has endured worsening sanctions from the 2016 Trump US government and the COVID crisis. Agro Vivo is a project being carried out to bring food to the Cuban people. Listen to this episode to learn about the current situatuion in Cuba, how the Cuban people are making use of permaculture and traditional herbalism and how we can help them materially. You can find more info throught thier facebook page or at [email protected] us on:InstagramFacebooklocalfoodconnect.org.au

November is Urban Agriculture Month. An initiative of Sustain: the Australian Food Network and now in its fourth year, Urban Agriculture Month is a nation-wide celebration of food-growing in backyards, balconies, neighbourhood planter boxes, community gardens and urban farms. Go to https://urbanagriculturemonth.org.au/ to find events near you and even ways to host an event, as big or as small as you like. There a map of all events on the web-site and resources to use if you would like to host something local to you, have fun and contribute to a healthy food system.https://sustain.org.au/Local Food Connections thanks Formidable Vegetable for their song You Are What You EatFollow us on Social Media and check out our affiliate Local Food Connect msha.ke/localfoodconnections3cr(link is external)

Amy chats with Christina and Vanessa from Darebin Information, Volunteer & Resource Service (DIVRS). They discuss the various services and urban food programs run through the organisation. Listen out for our next episode with them where we chat to the Fruit Squad!

This is the second part of an interview with long-time permaculture practitioners, Mal Boyd and John Mckenzie of Permaculture Victoria. Permaculture of Victoria is an umbrella group of people and local organisations all working towards sustainable development within a permaculture framework.  Local Food Connections thanks Formidable Vegetable for their song You Are What You EatFollow us on Social Media and check out our affiliate Local Food Connect msha.ke/localfoodconnections3cr(link is external)

This episode we learn about Marra Guwiyap Community Garden.https://www.facebook.com/CroxtonCommunityGarden/https://localfoodconnect.org.au/community-gardening/croxton-community-garden/Our Links:InstagramFacebookhttps://localfoodconnect.org.au/

In this epsidode Ann chats with long-time permaculture practitioners, Mal Boyd and John Mckenzie. Mal and John live South-east of Melbourne, John in Seaford and Mal further east in Garfield. Both Mal and John have been active in the leadership of Permaculture Victoria, which is an umbrella group of people and local organisations all working towards sustainable development within a permaculture framework. This is the first part of a two-part interview. Local Food Connections thanks Formidable Vegetable for their song You Are What You EatFollow us on Social Media and check out our affiliate Local Food Connect msha.ke/localfoodconnections3cr(link is external)

This week Amy chats with 3CR's Breadline host Jessica. Jessica is a long time activist and organiser whose worked on a campaign to get her local council to stop using harmful herbicides around community gardens and public spaces. Check out Breadline!https://www.3cr.org.au/breadlineOur Affiliate:https://localfoodconnect.org.auMusic:I Need to Start a Garden by Haley HeynderickxYou Are What You Eat by Formidable Vegetable

Patrick has come back to the Local Food Connections show to chat about biophilia, the hypothesis that as human beings we have a natural affinity with nature which is expressed in our love of plants, animals, oceans and all things natural and which is essential for our physical, mental and spiritual well-being. As a therapeutic horticulturalist at Kevin Heinze GROW, Patrick discusses some of the evolutionary reasons for this love of nature and how even pictures of natural scenes can help people connect to their essential selves.A message from Patrick:Join us for the Grand Opening of the new Kevin Heinze Grow Coburg Nursery on Saturday, November 16th! Come explore the transformed Ilma Lever Gardens, and check out our huge plant sale taking place in our brand new nursery filled with tomatoes, spring veggies, hardy perennials, and native plants! Enjoy a sausage sizzle, grab a coffee, and try your hand at making a plant-based mandala to get a taste of the impactful Therapeutic Horticulture work we’re doing in the community.https://www.facebook.com/kevinheinzegrow/(link is external)Local Food Connections thanks Formidable Vegetable for their song You Are What You EatFollow us on Social Media and check out our affiliate Local Food Connect msha.ke/localfoodconnections3cr(link is external)