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Dig baby dig! (And grow baby grow!)

March 31st, 2009 · 3 Comments

With all this gloom and doom around, here’s something positive you can do. It’ll not only be good for your weekly budget, but all also make you happier. And surprise, in a very small way, also be good for the planet.
Grab a shovel, go out to the verge in front of your house, and dig [...]

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Tags: Agriculture · Community · Phil Stubbs · Urban farming · What you can do

Sydney City Farm struggles to plant its roots

August 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Will Sydney get its own urban farm? In the first of our series on city farms, we look at the proposal to put an organic farm at Callan Park in the city’s inner west.
The proposal draws ideas from successful farms that have ready been established in places like Melbourne and London. And the [...]

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Tags: Agriculture · Community · Podcasts · Urban farming · Urban planning · What you can do

Grow your own says The Green Gardener

March 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Josh Byrne is a presenter on the ABCs Garden Show. He’s also written a book called ‘The Green Gardener’.
Josh reckons people have seen the light and are now using their backyards to grow food. In this interview, he talks about how to go about grow your own, making your garden sustainable and the [...]

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Tags: Agriculture · Podcasts · Urban farming · What you can do

Back to the backyard: the permaculture answer to peak oil

March 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Permaculture is real counter-culture. Thats what I thought after attending the Australian Permaculture Convergence last weekend.
It combines traditional farming techniques and thinking about nature with modern technology to enable people to live differently to how most of us live. To live in a truly sustainable way.
In this interview, I tracked down David Holmgren, [...]

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Tags: Agriculture · Peak oil · Podcasts · Urban farming