What’s in Season this Summer (2021/2022)
What can you expect from the Green Connect Farm this Summer? Summer is a time on the farm where everything speeds up. If we can manage to keep on top [...]
Carrot, Leek and Potato Soup
Carrot, Leek and Potato Soup The original recipe comes from https://healthiersteps.com/ Click on the title to view the original recipe, including full instructions, nutritional information and useful notes. Ingredients 1 tablespoon olive oil [...]
Working with Nature: Chop & Drop
Working with Nature: Chop & Drop This week at the farm we will be busy with ‘chop and drop’ around the farm! This is the action of heavily chopping back [...]
Carrot, Beetroot & Cabbage Salad
Carrot, Beetroot & Cabbage Salad The original recipe comes from https://cupfulofkale.com/ Click on the title to view the original recipe, including full instructions, nutritional information and useful notes. Ingredients 3 carrots [...]
New Additions to the Farm
New Additions to the Farm Last week we welcomed two new additions to the Green Connect Farm, our alpaca Carlos and Pedro! Alpaca are often mistaken for llama; they are [...]
Easy Pickled Radishes
Easy Pickled Radishes The original recipe comes from https://simply-delicious-food.com/. Click on the title to view the original recipe, including full instructions, nutritional information and useful notes. Ingredients 1 bunch radishes (about [...]
Visiting the Green Connect Farm
Visiting the Green Connect Farm Ten short years ago, the land behind Warrawong High School was a wasteland of weeds. Today, thanks to a passionate team of volunteers and staff, [...]
Zucchini Patties
Zucchini Patties The original recipe comes from https://anitalianinmykitchen.com/. Click on the title to view the original recipe, including full instructions, nutritional information and useful notes. Ingredients 2 cups grated zucchini, [...]
The Products of Pollination
The Products of Pollination – Zucchinis & Honey Zucchinis are one of my favourite summer veggies and it’s so exciting seeing them growing around the farm and packed in veg [...]
Fennel Frond Pesto
Fennel Frond Pesto The original recipe comes from https://sustainableholly.com/fennel-frond-pesto/. Click on the title to view the original recipe, including full instructions, nutritional information and useful notes. Ingredients 1/2 cup Walnuts [...]
Congratulations Pleh Meh
Congratulations Pleh Meh Congratulations to Pleh Meh, who has just secured a permanent part time position at the Green Connect Farm! Pleh Meh is Karenni, from Myanmar (formally Burma) and [...]
Beetroots!
Beetroots! We love getting people excited about what we grow on our farm. Today, we're celebrating beetroot! As Cal Champagne, our former farm manager, once said: "Out of all the [...]
Rainbow Chard & Feta Börek
Rainbow Chard & Feta Börek The original recipe comes from https://greenkitchenstories.com/. Click on the title to view the original recipe, including full instructions, nutritional information and useful notes. Ingredients Chard and [...]
Goats as farm workers
Goats as farm workers We have a small herd of miniature goats at the Green Connect farm, all working very hard for us. What’s wonderful is that from the goat’s [...]
A New Chapter
A New Chapter My first veg box insert! When I walk around the farm, it is hard to comprehend the effort that has gone into transforming what was once a [...]
Pumpkin and Lentil ‘Sausage’ Rolls
Pumpkin and Lentil 'Sausage' Rolls This recipe is on regular rotation at my house. They're enjoyed equally by the kids and adults! The original recipe comes from https://www.thelifeofclare.com.au/. Click on the [...]
A Snail of Approval
A Snail of Approval You may have noticed a few hitchhikers on your leafy greens recently. If you're a long-term veg box customer, or if you grow your own veg, [...]
Kale Salad with Honey Lemon Dressing
Kale or Broccoleaf Salad This recipe comes from https://natashaskitchen.com/. Click on the title to view the original recipe, including full instructions, nutritional information and useful notes. Ingredients Salad 1 bunch [...]
Bountiful Brassica Leaves
Bountiful Brassica Leaves Our recently departed Farm Manager Cal Champagne once wrote, "If there is one food that is representative of the ‘superfood’ trend that has gone crazy over the [...]
Innovation in Sustainability
Innovation in Sustainability Last week Green Connect won an international award – the Commonwealth Secretary-General’s Award for Innovation in Sustainable Development. It’s a pretty big deal. It means we are [...]
Leek and Potato Soup
Leek and Potato Soup This recipe comes from https://www.recipetineats.com/. Click on the title to view the original recipe, including full instructions, nutritional information and useful notes. Ingredients Soup 15g butter 1 [...]
Sautéed Cabbage
Sautéed Cabbage This recipe comes from https://www.wellplated.com/. Click on the title to view the original recipe, including full instructions, nutritional information and useful notes. Ingredients 1 small head green cabbage, about [...]
Voting for a Fair Food System
Voting for a Fair Food System This will be the last veg box insert that I will write. By the time you read this, I will be setting up my [...]
Green Connect News September 2021
Hi, I’m writing to share some very exciting news. We are the lucky and honoured recipients of an international award celebrating leadership in sustainability – one of 15 initiatives across [...]
Green Connect recognised as global leader in sustainable development
Media release Wollongong social enterprise Green Connect has been recognised by the Commonwealth for global leadership in sustainable development, for its urban permaculture farm. In partnership with its local community, [...]