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YOU ARE WHAT YOU GROW
2nd April, 2014
YOU ARE WHAT YOU GROW
When you ask Carolina Cordeiro of Malmsbury Kitchen Garden, whether it is difficult to earn a living growing vegetables, she says, "it is hard work, but not hard." By this she means she believes in what she does and when you stick to your principles it’s not really work at all.
This, coming from someone who bought a block of land in Malmsbury and planted out her kitchen garden 9 months before even laying the foundations for the house that she hopes to move into by this spring. Clearly, she expects the house to compliment the garden, not the other way around.
Carolina has started growing vegetables on a small block of land in Malmsbury and selling them at local markets. She says food grown on a small scale has been shown to use less water, less fertiliser and less machinery than the same volume of food grown on an industrial scale.
"The environment has always been important to me but once I realised that the most important decisions I could make to reduce my impact on the planet were all decisions related to food, I started growing my own vegetables.
"There is growing demand from customers to buy their fruit and vegetables directly from growers, especially in regional Victoria.
"Supermarkets operate on the basis of convenience shopping.
"But if the nearest supermarket is in the next town or only stocks a limited variety of produce, then a home delivered box of locally grown produce or a local market can definitely compete with the food giants.
"People want access to the best quality produce they can get and that means buying directly from the grower.
"I feel this trend will continue as people become more informed about food and health and as the number of local markets rises, " she said.
You can visit Malmsbury Kitchen Garden at the Maldon Market on Sunday 13th April, 9am until 2pm, Fountain Street, Maldon.
MUSIC STARLET TO GRACE LOCAL MARKET
18th December, 2014
She has recorded with Tim Rogers, been in a band that supported the likes of Snow Patrol and Arab Strap, has the same producer as the Audreys and she is proudly from Romsey.
Lizanne Richards is a singer-songwriter with a deep pool of inspiration that she dives into and surfaces with stunning lyrics captured in a blend of jazz, folk and blues tunes. And she will play at the Maldon Market on Sunday 12th January.
THEY GO TO CREPE SCHOOL IN FRANCE
17th February, 2014
Since arriving in Castlemaine from France 18 months ago , Remi Rauline has put what he learnt about engineering at University behind him and taken up the good life based on what he learnt at L'ecole des Maitres Crepiers in Brittany.
Remi maintains that it was the romantic notion of travelling the world with a crepe maker that changed the course of his life.
"The world is serious enough and I needed a break from my work of creating sustainable suburbs in Europe and South America – freedom and a different lifestyle is what I craved.
"I went to crepe school in France with all sorts of people who wanted a life change including a butcher, a lawyer and even a gigolo.
"I like cooking and I love people and I find crepe making, especially at events, a great way to connect with communities," he said.
Crepe making has a long tradition going back 8 centuries during the French crusades when troops came back from Jerusalem with a new seed, the buckwheat, which grew well in Britany.
Remi says that Central Victorians have taken well to his crepes and that he is kept busy on various market days.
"People tend to buy what they know - crepes - and after a few months move on to the traditonal galettes.
"Australia could so easily have been French. It’s no wonder crepes are popular.
"I am just bringing the French gastronomy 200 years after la Perouse met the first fleet in Botany Bay," he said.
Remi has not completely abandoned his engineering expertise. When not cooking crepes, he is working with a recently formed think tank on developing sustainable suburbs around Castlemaine.
"Castlemaine strikes me as incredibly advanced with a very welcoming community so it has been a pleasure to make it the centre of our new life," he said.
Remi cooks for cafes and businesses and does special event catering. You can sample his crepes and galettes at the Maldon Market on Sunday 9th March, 2014.
The Maldon Market is proudly sponsored by the Maldon and District Community Bank and Ocatgonal Resources and bought to you by the Maldon Neighbourhood Centre.
For more information contact Alex Fisher, Market Coordinator, Maldon Neighbourhood Centre, 0417 540 176 or go to www.maldonnc.org.au
SCREEN PRINT ANTICS MORE FUN THAN DIGITAL
19th November, 2013
SCREEN PRINT ANTICS MORE FUN THAN DIGITAL
When it comes to vibrancy and authenticity, the folk at Studio Antic in Campbells Creek have it nailed with their huge range of screen printed products individually hand made in their back yard workshop.
Dale and Heidi Stephens have spent the last 6 years building up their back yard business and now sell locally and internationally online and at markets all over Central Victoria. They also run screen printing workshops for the keen amateur.
