Introducing our newest Future Feeders
A warm welcome to our newest recruits and young farmer members of the Future Feeders movement.
Looking forward to spending the next 6 months or so with these lads as we get our hands in the earth and get some
super awesome veg into the bellies of our community.
Follow us on our journey on Facebook and through the Future Feeders blog.
There really is only one way to learn and that's to get in and do it !
Lets learn together : A practical approach to holistic farming, an introduction to agroecology and food systems.
Capacity building, practical skills, networking, opportunities.
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Looking forward to spending the next 6 months or so with these lads as we get our hands in the earth and get some
super awesome veg into the bellies of our community.
Follow us on our journey on Facebook and through the Future Feeders blog.
There really is only one way to learn and that's to get in and do it !
Lets learn together : A practical approach to holistic farming, an introduction to agroecology and food systems.
Capacity building, practical skills, networking, opportunities.
SeedSaving-BeeKeeping-Soils-PlantsManagement-IntegratedPestManagement-BiologicalFarming-Marketing
CropManagement-Permaculture-ToolMaintenance-NurseryOpperations-Irrigation-SmallScaleFarmSystems
Current Intern - Nikki Staskiewicz
What better way to ‘learn’ about small-scale ecological farming and production permaculture than to be out and practicing it in a supportive environment? To feel the soil alive in the palm of your hand, to see the electric blue fairy wrens dance to some unheard song, to know that the food you shall eat tonight was grown right here, with your contribution to some long-held natural cycle? To me the notion of exploring such fields solely from within the confines of a classroom seems slightly incongruous, despite some apparent practicalities, streamlining and systemic benefits. Enter, Future Feeders! This little hub provides the space, tools, guidance, comradery and freedom to explore not only pertinent assessment criteria but also exciting new projects, logistics of food production and community integration and future pathways.
Future Feeders has become an essential part of my Permaculture Studies, as I am now on my way to completing Cert IV through the Byron Community College, Mullumbimby Campus. My journey is far from over but exploring propagation, soil building, worm farms, black soldier fly breeding systems and beekeeping beneath the pillars of ecological practices and Community Supported Agriculture is definitely keeping me on track and actively engaged both within the Future Feeders hub and within the larger community.
Moreover, I feel privileged to be able to work with such a great core team.
A country girl at heart, I moved from a post in the red sand country of central Australia to the Shire of rainforests to study Permaculture (Cert III) a couple of years ago. This reinvigorated a deep desire to immerse myself in the world of natural spaces, self-reliance and growing food.
Since then, I have been buffeted around the area, trying to put skills into practice by keeping my hands dirty in home garden plots and small scale experimental market gardening. I am also fortunate to be employed as a support worker for people of different abilities at a local herb nursery.
Now on my way to completing my second year of design-based Permaculture studies, I am slowly becoming more and more involved in Future Feeders and interested in the application of Permaculture to small-scale food production for numerous environmental, social, economic and political reasons. I look forward to continuing my active participation with Future Feeders and growing and integrating this important part of our community and our lives.
Future Feeders has become an essential part of my Permaculture Studies, as I am now on my way to completing Cert IV through the Byron Community College, Mullumbimby Campus. My journey is far from over but exploring propagation, soil building, worm farms, black soldier fly breeding systems and beekeeping beneath the pillars of ecological practices and Community Supported Agriculture is definitely keeping me on track and actively engaged both within the Future Feeders hub and within the larger community.
Moreover, I feel privileged to be able to work with such a great core team.
A country girl at heart, I moved from a post in the red sand country of central Australia to the Shire of rainforests to study Permaculture (Cert III) a couple of years ago. This reinvigorated a deep desire to immerse myself in the world of natural spaces, self-reliance and growing food.
Since then, I have been buffeted around the area, trying to put skills into practice by keeping my hands dirty in home garden plots and small scale experimental market gardening. I am also fortunate to be employed as a support worker for people of different abilities at a local herb nursery.
Now on my way to completing my second year of design-based Permaculture studies, I am slowly becoming more and more involved in Future Feeders and interested in the application of Permaculture to small-scale food production for numerous environmental, social, economic and political reasons. I look forward to continuing my active participation with Future Feeders and growing and integrating this important part of our community and our lives.
