The Zero-Waste Veg Box
The Zero-Waste Veg Box Many of you would know that Green Connect runs a Zero-waste service, where our staff work to divert waste from landfill into recycling and organic streams. [...]
What to expect from Green Connect this Winter!
Winter is a great time to be growing food in the Illawarra. We get a rest from many of the pests and weeds that hassle our crops throughout the summer [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Tell Food Waste to ‘Get Forked’
For the last seven years, Green Connect has lead the Illawarra’s fight against waste through our Zero-Waste service. We employ former refugees and young people to manage waste streams for [...]
What to expect from Green Connect this Summer
Veg box insert 12 December 2019 Summer is a time on the farm where everything speeds up. If we can manage to keep on top of the irrigation, the weeds, [...]
Meet Su Meh and Ama
Veg box insert 5 December 2019 Green Connect has over 100 supported staff members from former refugee or youth backgrounds. With so many people working across Zero Waste, Staffing Solutions, [...]
Zucchini mania
Veg box insert 21 November 2019 It’s amazing the difference weather can make! The first hot spell of the season is always an anxious time. It can typically force the [...]