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 …
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 …