Raising food awareness to support our WA farming families
By Denise Fernie – Slow Food Swan Valley Committee Member In Western Australia’s southwest, the Noongar Seasonal calendar has six seasons, which follow observations of the environment, for example, the weather, and what plants and animals are doing, rather than dates on a calendar. We are in the season of Djilba, which is known as …
Classic Honey Cake “moist with a rich taste of honey”Serves 12Tin size 23cm false bottom cake tinPreparation time: 20 minutesBaking time: 55 minutesTemperature Slow 140c pre heated Ingredients250gm Clear WA honey225gm UN salted butter100gm Light brown sugar3 / Eggs beaten300gm Self- rising flour sifted 3 times MethodLine a 23cm spring form cake tin with baking …
By Denise Fernie This is a spinach and cheese curry. We have also on occasion substituted warrigal greens for spinach, which works really well. Ingredients 2 bunches spinach 2 tbsn oil, butter or ghee 1 tsp cumin seeds ½ tsp fenugreek seeds 2cm piece of ginger, crushed 6 garlic cloves, crushed 1 onion, finely chopped …
By Denise Fernie Using our in-season homegrown broad beans we have enjoyed them in soups and stews, as well as fava bean dip. Ingredients 1½ cup dried broad beans (fava beans) bay leaf 1 or 2 garlic cloves 40g tahini 40g lemon juice 80g olive oil a pinch of chilli powder salt and pepper to …
By Mary Nenke After an extremely wet July we are now seeing flowing creeks that had previously run dry since 2017. The farm dams are back in healthy supply and the wildflowers are in abundance. Spring is a beautiful time to explore our WA regions. Mary’s Farm Cottages welcomes you to their Unique Eco-Village farm …
Written by Leilani and Dave Leyland The importance of good queen bees is paramount to any successful beekeeping operation. Western Australia has the longest running Honey Bee breeding program in Australia. Established by the State’s Agriculture Department after the borders were closed to bee product importation in 1979. The program was sold onto a commercial …
Farming Champions is looking to support farming families who wish to expand their businesses so we contacted Lisa to get some further insight into this initiative. According to the Counts of Australian Businesses, Entries and Exits, 2019-20 there are 227,716 small businesses in WA as at 30 June 2020. This includes businesses that are non-employing …
As part of our seasonal newsletter, our WA farmers will keep you in the loop for what’s in season this Winter to ensure you always know what to buy fresh. Banana Why not try a Carnarvon Sweeter Banana! Carnarvon Bananas take twice as long to grow as tropical bananas due to our sub-tropical climate, so …
If you attended our 2021 event, you may have seen Vince Garreffa from Mondo Meats cook in the afternoon and share this recipe. Mondo Pesto Makes 4 Tubs at approx. 535g per tub Ingredients: 1kg Basil, fresh 100g Garlic, fresh 20g Salt 20g Black Pepper 600ml Extra Virgin Olive Oil 400g Pine nuts 200g Parmesan …
On the 25th March we returned for our eighth event in nine years. Since 2013 we have run an annual event in the city, with the one exception understandably in 2020 due to COVID-19. The following address was presented by Farming Champions Chair, Nicola Kelliher. Thank you to Dan Barnes for outlining the wonderful scholarship …