Green Connect News April 2020
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Why we farm animals at Green Connect
Hi all, Our next round of free-range meat is available for sale now, to be picked up from the 6th of April. If this interests you, please place an order [...]
Message to our team re Coronavirus
Dear Green Connect staff and volunteers, Please read or listen to this message below in: English Karenni Kinyamulenge Swahili (coming soon) English: A message for our Green Connect Staff and [...]
Kindness in a Coronavirus world
Green Connect was founded on permaculture values - earth care, people care and fair share. We have been living and breathing these values for nine years, whether it be in [...]
Local resilience in uncertain times- COVID-19
It seems that this week it’s hard to focus on anything other than the impact that COVID-19 is having on our community. Green Connect is experiencing [...]
Green Connect Pork Ragu
Pork Ragu (slow cooker*) Serves 6-8 1,3 kg Green Connect pork neck 1 cup Green Connect bone broth 200g bacon or pancetta (optional) 2tbsp olive oil 1 brown onion, roughly [...]
Easy Pho made from Green Connect Bone Broth
Easy Pho Serves 2 1kg Green Connect Bone Broth ½ tbsp. vegetable oil or peanut oil. 1 large white onion, peeled and halved 3-inch piece of fresh ginger halved lengthwise [...]
Mulberry Leaf
The mulberry trees at the farm are a highlight of a visit in late spring when they burst with juicy berries for the month of November. What makes them all [...]
Meet the team – Ama and Su Meh
Meet two of the wonderful women at Green Connect. Ama (left) and Su Meh (right) are two long-term employees who have stepped up into leadership positions. Now they are helping [...]
Green Connect News March 2020
Hi, The year got off to such a busy start that suddenly it’s March and my first Green Connect update is only just going out! Like many businesses, [...]
Is the Green Connect op shop closing?
Yes – but only as you currently know it. The current shop will close on 4 March 2020 so get in quick for some great bargains! Then please stay tuned. [...]
Summer Salad
Many of you may have noticed that one thing that has been noticeably absent from our box over the last couple of months have been our salads. Salad greens are [...]
Basil-mania
Growing food without chemical means that we have to get a bit creative how we manage weeds, fungal diseases, soil fertility, and pests. One of the ways we keep pests [...]
2019 Green Globe Award winners
The Green Globe Awards are the NSW Government’s premier awards for sustainability and environmental leadership across the state. The Awards celebrated their 20th anniversary in late 2019 and Green Connect [...]
3 reasons why kids love this farm activity
Green Connect regularly opens its doors to the public to show people how a working permaculture farm operates. Since kicking off in 2019, the monthly Farm Tour for Families has [...]
Eating ‘leaf to root’
One of the great things about having so many staff from all around the world is that we’re always sharing new ways of eating food, and new things to eat! [...]
Silverbeet
One of the things we try to promote through our veg boxes is a bit of excitement around some of the more exotic veg that we can grow in the [...]
Bushfires are #notbusinessasusual
The ongoing bushfire crisis has made this summer an incredibly tough time for many of us. Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the 33 people who have [...]
Youth Engagement at the farm – Veg Box insert 30 January 2020
Youth Engagement at the Farm Growing food is an incredibly effective vehicle for achieving social change, especially among groups of people who can easily feel dis-empowered. When growing food, you [...]
What’s in season in Summer
What to expect from Green Connect in Summer Summer is a time on the farm where everything speeds up. If we can manage to keep on top of the irrigation, [...]
What’s in season in Winter
What to expect from Green Connect in Winter Despite what people think about winter, winter is a great time to be growing food in the Illawarra. Yes, without the heat [...]
What’s in season in Autumn
What to expect from Green Connect in Autumn This pleasant cool change symbolises the transition from Summer to Autumn. But even though the zucchini, cucumber, cherry tomatoes and eggplants will gradually begin to wind down, Autumn [...]
What’s in season in Spring
What to expect from Green Connect in Spring There's something about spring that makes people think about fresh veggies. We know this because we always have a spike in our customer [...]
Dry Tomatoes – 16 January 2020
Drought This summer, like no other, has seen weather and climate become front and centre of the public consciousness. It seems like every conversation I have had in the last [...]