February 2022
Home Mushroom Cultivation Online Course – Milkwood
You – yes, you! – can grow mountains of delicious and medicinal mushrooms at your place, regardless of where in the world you live or how much space you have. Our online Home Mushroom Cultivation course will get you growing. This self-paced course will show you how to grow mushrooms in buckets, gardens and on logs, using sustainable, low-waste, low-cost methods. Which means you'll be able to fill your belly, feed your family and share mushies with your friends. And…
Find out more »March 2022
Selling your story with AgWe
Young Farmers Connect have formed a great new partnership with AgWe and we are launching this exciting opportunity with a free webinar to introduce you to the team, to explore and understand the AgWe platform, build your brand confidence and understand your unique value proposition. Mike and Will have come together to create AgWe; bringing their skills and experience in Agricultural economics and filmmaking with a passion for regenerative agriculture and empowering farmers by helping them to find their authentic voice. AgWe creates a digital profile for farms to…
Find out more »International Women’s Day : Young Farmers Connect webinar
Join Young Farmers Connect webinar for a very special International Women's Day event as we join the international movement and conversation about gender equality and a world free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination for female farmers. Young Farmers Connect webinar will take a deep dive into diversity through the lived experience of 4 amazing female farmers : Tanya Massy, Thanisa Adams, Oliva Awaritefe and Kate McBride; enriched with the published expertise of Dr Lucie Newsome and woven by our fellow change-maker and…
Find out more »April 2022
Public Health Advocacy – University of Canberra
Organised by the University of Canberra (https://www.canberra.edu.au, +61 2 6201 5111) In collaboration with the Public Health Advocacy Institute of Australia at Curtin University, the aim of this short course is to share ideas as to the most effective methods of conducting public health advocacy. Designed to build the skill base and confidence of academics, public servants and other public health professionals, this course is for those who wish to bring about improvements in public health through effective advocacy. Public health…
Find out more »June 2022
Permaculture Living Online Course
Organised by Milkwood ( https://www.milkwood.net/contact/) Ready to learn how to create down-to-earth resilience in times of change - while learning from home? Welcome to Permaculture Living - our self-paced, fully mentored online course - with the Milkwood crew of experts. All the hands-on skills you need – to cultivate abundance, increase your household’s resilience AND bring lots of climate-positive actions into your everyday… no garden required! We'll help you succeed with creating the abundant life you truly want, one step…
Find out more »November 2022
Masterclass: Retrosuburbia with David Holmgren & Morag Gamble
You are warmly welcome to join this special masterclass with the founder of Permaculture Education Institute, Morag Gamble and the co-originator of permaculture and the author of Retrosuburbia, David Holmgren. Special Guest David Holmgren will explore ways we can relocalise our food system in the suburbs and why this is an area he believes holds so much hope for climate safe, resilient and regenerative futures. David advocates for garden farming in the non-monetary household and community economies of gift and…
Find out more »February 2023
Home Mushroom Cultivation Course with Milkwood
Your complete pathway to successful home mushroom cultivation: We want to help you create a home with: stacks of fruiting shiitake logs down the side, buckets of oyster mushrooms fruiting in the back shed, enokitake mushrooms coming out your ears, and winecap mushrooms popping up along your garden edges... ...plus jars of medicinals such as lions mane and turkeytail mushrooms in your pantry - homegrown and home dried. This comprehensive, 8-week online course will get you growing gourmet and…
Find out more »April 2023
Masterclass: Storytelling in Permaculture- Permaculture Education Institute
Permaculture Edcuator, Morag Gamble, invites you to join her this month in conversation with award-winning Australian storyteller and educator, Jenni Cargill-Strong. They'll discuss: What is oral storytelling exactly and how is it different from written storytelling? Are we all storytellers? How does storytelling for performance differ to applied storytelling? What does the latest research tells us about the effectiveness of storytelling to enhance attention, learning and recall and how does that work? Can stories be used to shift peoples thinking…
Find out more »ASFA Solidarity Session: A Licence to Sell Lettuce?
This ASFA Solidarity Session is in response to the Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ) decision to increase regulation for P1052 Primary Production and Processing Requirements for Horticulture (berries, leafy vegetables and melons), coming into effect in February 2025. This Solidarity session calls on all market gardeners and horticulturalists to come together and help build a campaign against further regulatory burdens. Led by AFSA National Committee member and grower, Eliza Cannon (Borrowed Ground Growers), we’ll spend this session delving…
Find out more »May 2023
Organic Vegetable Gardening Course with Milkwood
This 8-week online learning experience has been crafted from many decades of gardening knowledge and covers everything you need to know as a beginner gardener! Led by the Milkwood team, Hannah Moloney (Good Life Permaculture, Gardening Australia) and several special guests, this course will help you: Articulate your food-growing goals and make a solid garden plan to achieve your dream. Design your best-ever veggie patch, from scratch. Build super-healthy soil, no matter where you live. Design crop rotation and succession…
Find out more »Online workshop: food security and dignified access to good food
Please note: While this online workshop is aimed at Wyndham residents, this important discussion could provide inspiration and insight for Illawarra residents fighting food insecurity. Wyndham residents experience high rates of food insecurity and food relief services are often stretched. Join experts, colleagues and council staff to explore what actions can be taken to ensure all Wyndham residents enjoy affordable, nutritious and culturally appropriate food. Dr Rebecca Lindberg, Research Fellow, Deakin University, will define food insecurity, outline its implications for…
Find out more »The UK Right to Food Campaign: Origins, Progress, Prospects and Lessons for Australia
This webinar is a unique opportunity for an Australian audience to hear about the emergence and progress of this inspiring campaign and draw lessons for building a similar movement to end food poverty in Australia. We invite anti-poverty and social justice campaigners, trade unions, journalists, political leaders and everyone who shares the vision and goal of a decent, fair future for all to attend. The webinar will feature two special guests: Dr Sharon Noonan-Gunning and Ian Byrne MP. Dignified access to…
Find out more »June 2023
Online Workshop: Regenerative Gardening
No matter how big your patch is, whether it’s a few pots on a balcony or a full-blown market gardener, as food growers we are powerful agents of change. Food growers create less waste and make more compost, they grew healthier food and help to build resilient communities! With a regenerative mindset, and working with nature rather than against it, it’s amazing what a difference a determined gardener can make to a landscape. Join everyone’s favourite desert gardener, Heath Joske,…
Find out more »Webinar: Greening your school canteen
Join Sustainable Schools NSW for an engaging discussion about strategies to reduce waste and single use plastic use in your school canteen. Speakers include: Sherene LaGasse, Foodnasties & Plasticnasties Gaye Dufty, Aldavilla Primary School Speakers will share their practical experiences and actionable ideas, exploring reusable and sustainable options to replace single use plastic and reduce waste in your school canteen. The webinar is open to teachers, school administration staff, school canteen managers, P&C members and volunteers - any member of the school community that…
Find out more »Webinar: Localising Australia’s Food Systems
Join NENA for a fascinating discussion about how localising our food systems can build local resilience, food security and restore ecological health. Guest speakers are Nick Rose from Sustain, Callum Rogers from Caring Farms Co-Op and Henry Coleman from Local Futures. The webinar will be moderated by Dr Michelle Maloney, Co-founder and Director of the New Economy Network Australia (NENA), and the Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA). ** This event is part of NENA's Localisation Week, which celebrates World Localisation…
Find out more »July 2023
Online webinar: Degrowth and Food Systems
Join the New Economy Network Australia (NENA) and Degrowth Network Australia (DNA) for Degrowth and Food Systems, just one of many free, online webinars happening throughout Degrowth Week (10-14th July). What is Degrowth? We live in a time of ecological and climate crises, as well as increasing levels of inequality and stress. There are many people and groups that are working to mitigate and transform these problems, and this week of webinars will bring many of them together to…
Find out more »August 2023
Growing Healthy Eaters
The secrets to feeding kids, picky eating and stressing less about meal times. For many parents, meal times are a battle – but they don’t have to be. Picky eating and other challenging meal time behaviours are a normal part of childhood development and there are lots of ways to make this stage easier for you and your child. Come and learn how you can take the stress out of feeding your child and how to help them grow to…
Find out more »November 2023
Small Space, Abundant Harvest with The Diggers Club
Learn all you need to know to have an abundant harvest of fresh, seasonal vegetables in even the smallest garden spaces! Details Join Ryan Garratt from The Diggers Club, as he shares simple solutions to transform your small garden space into a productive garden oasis. During this online workshop, Ryan will cover: Layout considerations for small gardens Succession planting Crop rotation Intensive planting methods to maximise every centimetre of your garden space for growing. There will be plenty…
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