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The Banksia Environmental Awards are recognised as Australias pre-eminent environmental awards. The awards acknowledge excellence, dedication and leadership in various areas that contribute to the environment and a sustainable future.
The Food Forest was a finalist in the 'Business Environmental Responsibility & Leadership Award - for the business or government business enterprise that has demonstrated finest leadership, commitment and excellence in protecting...
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The Food Forest wins Commonwealth food innovation grant
The Food Forest has researched small scale nut harvesting and processing equipment throughout the Mediterranean and with the help oif the Commonwealth Government, recently installed a working model for nut growers and regional communities to visit and assess. It is the result of years of interaction with small European manufacturers and provides equipment that true artisans can drive in the production of the very best regional products in...
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The Food Forest has launched its first micro movies onto Food Forest TV.
Graham has been joined by experienced cinematographer/video editor Sam Collins to create the first series of 'how to' videos, ranging from practical straw bale building techniques to controlling codling moth in your apple trees.
See the films at www.youtube.com/user/TheFoodForest.
Gardening Australia
See The Food Forest segment in Gardening Australia’s ‘Year of the Farmer Special’. It is 8 minutes into the progra...
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In the driest state in the Worlds driest continent the average family sends more than 500 litres of water down the drain each day, half of it simply flushing the loo. Having exhausted the Murray we have still failed to adjust the way our homes run to effectively reduce the waste of our most precious resource.
However the extraordinarily simple modular domestic reedbed uses waste water from your shower, toilet, sink etc, which then flows through a septic tank, removing oils and heavy solids and...
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Few things in this life give as much satisfaction as picking a beautiful, juicy piece of fruit from your own orchard and there are few places on the planet which offer better growing conditions for fruit and nut trees than Southern Australia. Our cool, wet winter cleanses the soil of built-up salts in the root zone and sets the tree's biological clock so that flowering and pollination occurs effectively. Then our hot, dry summer with cool nights builds that perfect balanc...
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Gerald Wittmann runs an engineering firm which has amassed a great deal of information about the structural performance of strawbale walls.
His role is to prepare a soil report, check architectural drawings and make suggestions about the ways in which a building of a particular shape/form can be constructed in a structurally sound manner.
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Bohdan Dorniak owns an architectural firm which has designed many strawbale houses and special purpose buildings.
Bohdan has had extensive experience with strawbale building so his plans are buildable with this particular medium. He has a number of projects in progress around the State.
He is also one of the founding members of AUSBALE, the Australian Strawbale Building Association....
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