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Online resource – the Institute of Advanced Studies 2050 Food Lecture Series (audio recording)
The Institute of Advanced Studies at UWA held three lectures on future food and food security issues in the last few months, titled the 2050 Food Lecture Series. Each of the three lectures was recorded and can be listened to … Continue reading
Wild dog action plan submissions closing, and other ferals
The National Wild Dog Action Plan is almost at the end of its submissions stage. If wild dogs and how we manage them impacts you or concerns you, you have until this Friday to go download the draft plan and … Continue reading
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Tagged feral animals, invasive animals, pest control, pest management, wild dogs
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Online resource – Urban farming and the agricultural show (the National Museum Australia)
The National Museum Australia has an online feature called Urban Farming and the Agricultural Show. They’ve gone through their collections looking at items that tell the story of food and its production, how our agricultural and industrial food systems have … Continue reading
Online resource – the Australian City Farms and Community Gardens Network
One of the interesting websites I’ve found around on urban agriculture is the Australian City Farms and Community Gardens Network. They have a range of useful fact sheets on the basics, including safety, composting, crop rotation, pest management and building … Continue reading
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Tagged city farms, community garden, urban agriculture, urban farming, verge gardens
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Bee Friendly – downloadable guide to planting for honeybees
Here’s an interesting read. Bee Friendly is a guide to planting for honeybees in agricultural and urban environments, put out this year by the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC). It’s $60 in hardcopy but you can download it … Continue reading
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Tagged agricultural design, bees, fauna, garden design, honey, pollination
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Meet Your Urban Farmer video series
The other week I came across the Meet Your Urban Farmer video series, by Fire and Light. Each video is available short (~7min) or extended (~15min), each features an different urban farmer talking about what they do, what they love. … Continue reading
The Fly In Your Eye
Between sick children and missing daycare and various things, I’m not getting many posts finished this week. Which means I’ll have heaps of backlog next week when I get to sit down to them all 🙂 But for now, can … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, flies, insects, low maintenance, pest control, remediation, soil conditioning
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